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 … Nie-Mitgliedschaft in deutschen Gewerkschaften. Wir zeigen, dass 54 bis 59 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland …

unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals' probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany … gewerkschaftlicher Stärke her und berechnen ihn mit Jahresdaten für Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die …

results in wage setting. It derives a time-varying indicator of union strength and confronts it with annual data for Germany … gewerkschaftlicher Stäarke her und berechnen ihn mit Jahresdaten für Deutschland. Die Ergebnisse deuten darauf hin, dass die …

Germany from 1980 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce … variables such as age, public sector employment and being a blue collar worker (significant in western Germany only). A … decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and between eastern and western Germany to a large degree …

-scale linked employer-employee data set for western Germany, this paper provides a first test of the relevance of different …

In Germany, employers used to pay union members and non-members in a plant the same union wage in order to prevent …In Deutschland zahlen Arbeitgeber traditionell den gleichen Tariflohn für Gewerkschaftsmitglieder und -nichtmitglieder …