TY - UNPB

T1 - Who are the workers who never joined a union?

T2 - empirical evidence from Germany

AU - Schnabel, Claus

AU - Wagner, Joachim

N1 - Parallel als Online-Ausg. erschienen unter der Adresse http://www.arbeitsmarkt.wiso.uni-erlangen.de/pdf/diskussionspapiere/1270291314_dp37.pdf

PY - 2005

Y1 - 2005

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 never-membership 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 never-membership 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 never-membership 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 never-membership 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 - union membership

KW - never-membership

KW - Germany

M3 - Working papers

T3 - Diskussionspapiere

BT - Who are the workers who never joined a union?

PB - Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

CY - Erlangen

ER -