In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …

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 …

western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and … women and for different groups of the workforce. Regression estimates indicate that the probability of union membership is … worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and …

bargaining laws. During the last thirty years, public sector membership has grown at roughly the same rate as the overall … workforce. This paper provides a descriptive overview of union membership growth and economy-wide employment shares in the U …

In this paper we examine the connection between union membership and economic inequality. Using several surveys from … relative earnings position on union membership and show that union membership is concentrated in the intermediate earnings … groups. Next, we examine the impact of inequality attitudes on union membership. We show that union membership is not only …

-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … quality of membership matches in East Germany right after German unification. …Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …

for each country, we find that individuals’ probability of union membership is significantly affected by their personal …

model built on encompassing unions. The decline in union membership and density is attributable to external forces that have … German considerations (such as the transition process in post-communist Eastern Germany) and sustained intervals of classic …

from previous studies by developing a model that simultaneously controls for the endogeneity of union membership and union … recognition. We show that a negative association between membership and satisfaction only emerges where there is a union … recognised for bargaining, and that such an effect vanishes when the simultaneous selection into membership and recognition is …