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 …

Using a large linked employer-employee data set for Germany, we find that the existence of a works council is …Unter Verwendung eines großen kombinierten Firmen-Beschäftigten-Datensatzes für Deutschland finden wir, dass die …