Determinants of union membership in 18 EU countries: evidence from micro data, 2002/03
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Determinants of union membership in 18 EU countries
T2 - evidence from micro data, 2002/03
AU - Schnabel, Claus
AU - Wagner, Joachim
N1 - Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://www.arbeitsmarkt.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/pdf/diskussionspapiere/1270291273_dp31.pdf
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Using representative individual-level data from the first round of the European Social Survey fielded in 2002/03, this paper provides an empirical analysis of unionization in 18 countries of the European Union. We show that union density varies considerably in Europe, ranging from 84 per cent in Denmark to 11 per cent in Portugal. Estimating identical models for each country, we find that individuals' probability of union membership is significantly affected by their personal characteristics, their attitudes and the characteristics of their workplace, whereas social factors seem to play a minor role. The presence of a union at the workplace and employees' attitudes concerning strong unions are the two variables with the most wide-spread effects on unionization.
AB - Using representative individual-level data from the first round of the European Social Survey fielded in 2002/03, this paper provides an empirical analysis of unionization in 18 countries of the European Union. We show that union density varies considerably in Europe, ranging from 84 per cent in Denmark to 11 per cent in Portugal. Estimating identical models for each country, we find that individuals' probability of union membership is significantly affected by their personal characteristics, their attitudes and the characteristics of their workplace, whereas social factors seem to play a minor role. The presence of a union at the workplace and employees' attitudes concerning strong unions are the two variables with the most wide-spread effects on unionization.
KW - Economics
KW - union membership
KW - union density
KW - Europe
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Diskussionspapiere
BT - Determinants of union membership in 18 EU countries
PB - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
CY - Erlangen
ER -