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Why So Unhappy? The Effects of Unionisation on Job Satisfaction
Bryson, Alex; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Lucifora, Claudio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
We use linked employer-employee data to investigate the job satisfaction effect of unionisation in Britain. We depart … recognition. We show that a negative association between membership and satisfaction only emerges where there is a union … effect on satisfaction. Our estimates indicate that the unobserved factors that lead to sorting across workplaces are …
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Anticipation, Free-Rider Problem, and Adaptation to Trade Union: Re-examining the Curious Case of Dissatisfied Union Members
Powdthavee, Nattavudh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
, it studies the past, contemporaneous, and future effects of union membership on job satisfaction. By separating union … overall job satisfaction at the year unionization occurs. Nonetheless, adaptation to unionism is complete within the first few … years of joining a unionized firm. One hypothesis for this is that workers adapt their reported satisfaction over time to …
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Heterogeneity in Union Status and Employee Well-Being
Haile, Getinet Astatike; Bryson, Alex; White, Michael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
being in a union workplace and having union co-workers affect the job satisfaction of non-union employees negatively. No …
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An Anatomy of Public Sector Unions
Hirsch, Barry - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Public sector unionism grew rapidly during the late 1960s and early 1970s following the passage of state collective 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...
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Inequality and Union Membership: The Impact of Relative Earnings Position and Inequality Attitudes
Checchi, Daniele; Visser, Jelle; Werfhorst, Herman G. van de - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we examine the connection between union membership and economic inequality. Using several surveys from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) covering the period 1985-2002, we initially examine the impact of relative earnings position on union membership and show that...
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The Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Kohn, Karsten; Wang, Qingwei - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain- Mundlack correlated random effects...
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Who Are the Workers Who Never Joined a Union? Empirical Evidence from Germany
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
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...
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Determinants of Union Membership in 18 EU Countries: Evidence from Micro Data, 2002/03
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
Using representative individual-level data from the first round of the European Social Survey fielded in 2002/03, this paper provides an empirical analysis of unionization in 18 countries of the European Union. We show that union density varies considerably in Europe, ranging from 84 per cent in...
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The Persistent Decline in Unionization in Western and Eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What Can We Learn from a Decomposition Analysis?
Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in 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....
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The (Parlous) State of German Unions
Addison, John T.; Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
This paper traces the profound decline in German unionism over the course of the last three decades. Today just one in five workers is a union member, and it is now moot whether this degree of penetration is consistent with a corporatist model built on encompassing unions. The decline in union...
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