TY - JOUR

T1 - Who are the Workers Who Never Joined a Union?

T2 - Empirical Evidence from Western and Eastern Germany

AU - Schnabel, Claus

AU - Wagner, Joachim

N1 - Zsfassung in dt. Sprache

PY - 2006

Y1 - 2006

N2 - Using representative data from the German social survey ALLBUS 2002 and the European Social Survey 2002/03, this paper provides the first empirical analysis of trade union nevermembership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals’ probability of nevermembership is significantly affected by their personal characteristics (in particular age, education and status at work), their political orientation and (to a lesser degree) their family background, and by broad location. In addition, occupational and workplace characteristics play a significant role. Most important in this regard is the presence of a union at the workplace.

AB - Using representative data from the German social survey ALLBUS 2002 and the European Social Survey 2002/03, this paper provides the first empirical analysis of trade union nevermembership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals’ probability of nevermembership is significantly affected by their personal characteristics (in particular age, education and status at work), their political orientation and (to a lesser degree) their family background, and by broad location. In addition, occupational and workplace characteristics play a significant role. Most important in this regard is the presence of a union at the workplace.

KW - Economics

KW - Deutschland

KW - Gewerkschaft

KW - Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung

KW - Union Membership

KW - Never.membership

KW - Germany

M3 - Journal articles

VL - 13

SP - 118

EP - 131

JO - Industrielle Beziehungen

JF - Industrielle Beziehungen

SN - 0943-2779

IS - 2

ER -