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The "good workplace" : the role of joint consultative committees, unions and HR policies in employee ratings of workplaces in Britain

Barry, Michael P.; Bryson, Alex; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2018

Using new, rich data on a representative sample of British workers, we examine the relationship between joint consultation systems at the workplace and employee satisfaction, accounting for possible interactions with union and management-led high-commitment strategies. We focus on non-union...

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The twin track model of employee voice : an Anglo-American perspective on union decline and the rise of alternative forms of voice

Bryson, Alex; Freeman, Richard B.; Gómez, Rafael; … - 2017

We present a simple framework for analyzing decline in union voice in the Anglo-American world and its replacement by non-union, often direct, forms of worker voice. We argue that it is a decline in the in-flow to unionisation among employers and workers, rather than an increase in the outflow...

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Unionization of retired workers in Europe

Pyka, Vinzenz; Schnabel, Claus - 2023

We shed light on an understudied group: retirees in unions. Using representative individual-level data of 19 European countries, we find that the share of retirees in unions and the union density of retirees increased between 2008 and 2020. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired...

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Union membership and age : the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …

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The (parlous) state of German unions

Addison, John T. (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2006

Gewerkschaft / Deutschland, Gewerkschaftsmitglied, Globalisierung - German unions, union membership, globalization …

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Who are the workers who never joined a union? : Empirical evidence from Germany

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005

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 …

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Union membership and age : the inverted U-shape hypothesis under test

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2008

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Centralized vs. decentralized wage formation : the role of firms' production technology

Hirsch, Boris; Merkl, Christian; Müller, Steffen; … - 2014

setting due to labor cost and straitjacket effects. As firms in Germany are allowed to choose their wage formation regime, we … test these two hypotheses with representative establishment data for West Germany. We find that establishments with …

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The (parlous) state of German unions

Addison, John T. (contributor); Schnabel, Claus (contributor) - 2006

German considerations (such as the transition process in post-communist Eastern Germany) and sustained intervals of classic …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003289887

Who are the workers who never joined a union? : Empirical evidence from Germany

Schnabel, Claus (contributor); Wagner, Joachim (contributor) - 2005

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003120509