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 …

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 …

intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

-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 …

union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the …

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 …

service sector and in eastern Germany, and its extent is increasing dramatically. …

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