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Trade Union Membership and Works Councils in West Germany

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2021

The fraction of works councillors belonging to a trade union in Germany is much higher than union density among … employees. If works councils represent the face of unions, union membership of employees should be related positively to the … establishment has no impact on union membership and (c) a 10% decrease in the average share of unionised works councillors coincides …

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Do Unions and Works Councils Really Dampen the Gender Pay Gap? Discordant Evidence from Germany

Oberfichtner, Michael - 2020

Using a large employer-employee dataset, we provide new evidence on the relationship between the gender pay gap and industrial relations from within German workplaces. Controlling for unobserved workplace heterogeneity, we find no evidence that introducing or abandoning collective agreements or...

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Job Satisfaction and Trade Union Membership in Germany

Goerke, Laszlo; Huang, Yue - 2022

union membership and job satisfaction in Germany. Cross-sectional analyses reveal a negative correlation, while fixed … of union membership, we generate information on the union density individuals faced in their industry and region. This … time-variant IV suggests no causal impact of individual union membership on job satisfaction. Finally, using different …

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Trade Union Membership and Dismissals

Goerke, Laszlo - 2010

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members … average partial effect of union membership …

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The Aging of the Unions in West Germany, 1980-2006

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2021

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

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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 - 2006

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 …

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The Career Effects of Union Membership

Dodini, Samuel; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Willén, Alexander; … - 2023

We combine exogenous variation in union membership with detailed administrative data and a novel field survey to … estimate the career effects of labor union membership. In the survey, we show how workers perceive the role of unions in …-run effects of individual union membership are. Our results highlight that the career effect of union membership differs greatly …

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Worker Representation

Bryson, Alex; Forth, John - 2022

We define worker representation, identify the factors that determine demand for it among workers and employers, discuss difficulties in supplying worker representation, and reflect on the implications of worker representation for worker welfare and the behavior and performance of employers

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How Representative are Social Partners in Europe? The Role of Dissimilarity

Martinez-Matute, Marta; Martins, Pedro S. - 2022

Social partners (trade unions and employers' associations) and their representativeness can shape labour institutions and economic and social outcomes in many countries. In this paper, we argue that, when examining social partners' representativeness, it is important to consider both affiliation...

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A Cross-Country Study of Union Membership

Blanchflower, David G. - 2006

States. Micro-data is also used to model union membership in a further eleven non-OECD countries. Union density is found to …; Austria; Bangladesh; Belgium; Bulgaria; Chile; Czech Republic; Denmark; Germany; Estonia; Finland; France; Greece; Hungary …

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