Determinants of trade union membership in West Germany: evidence from micro data, 1980 - 2000
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In: Socio-Economic Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, 01.01.2005, p. 1-24.
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T1 - Determinants of trade union membership in West Germany
T2 - evidence from micro data, 1980 - 2000
AU - Schnabel, Claus
AU - Wagner, Joachim
PY - 2005/1/1
Y1 - 2005/1/1
N2 - An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce. Repeated cross-sectional analyses suggest that a number of personal, occupational and attitudinal variables such as sex, occupational status, firm size and political orientation play a role in the unionization process, although the influence of some variables is not robust over time. While the results are consistent with cost-benefit considerations on the sides of employees and unions, our estimations do not support individualization theory and they cast some doubt on a crucial prediction from social custom theory. © Oxford University Press and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics 2005. All rights reserved.
AB - An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce. Repeated cross-sectional analyses suggest that a number of personal, occupational and attitudinal variables such as sex, occupational status, firm size and political orientation play a role in the unionization process, although the influence of some variables is not robust over time. While the results are consistent with cost-benefit considerations on the sides of employees and unions, our estimations do not support individualization theory and they cast some doubt on a crucial prediction from social custom theory. © Oxford University Press and the Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics 2005. All rights reserved.
KW - Economics
KW - Deutschland
KW - Gewerkschaft
KW - Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung
KW - Germany
KW - Union density
KW - Union membership
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U2 - 10.1093/SER/mwh011
DO - 10.1093/SER/mwh011
M3 - Journal articles
VL - 3
SP - 1
EP - 24
JO - Socio-Economic Review
JF - Socio-Economic Review
SN - 1475-1461
IS - 1
ER -