Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany
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Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2005. (Working paper series in economics; No. 12).
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TY - UNPB
T1 - Who are the workers who never joined a union?
T2 - empirical evidence from Germany
AU - Schnabel, Claus
AU - Wagner, Joachim
N1 - Literaturverz. S. 13 - 14
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
M3 - Working papers
T3 - Working paper series in economics
BT - Who are the workers who never joined a union?
PB - Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg
CY - Lüneburg
ER -