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Heterogeneity in union status and employee well-being

Haile, Getinet Astatike; Bryson, Alex; White, Michael J. - 2012

This paper examines if workplace and co-worker union status affect employee wellbeing. In contrast to the literature focusing on links between one's own membership status and wellbeing, we focus principally on non-union employees. We find that being in a union workplace and having union...

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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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Determinants of Union Membership in 18 EU Countries : Evidence from Micro Data, 2002/03

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2005

Using representative individual-level data from the first round of the European Social Survey fielded in 2002/03, this paper provides an empirical analysis of unionization in 18 countries of the European Union. We show that union density varies considerably in Europe, ranging from 84 per cent in...

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

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2005

Using representative data from the German social survey ALLBUS 2002 and the European Social Survey 2002/03, this paper 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...

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The aging of the unions in West Germany, 1980 - 2006

Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - 2008

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that union members are on average older than non-unionized employees. The probability of being unionized shows the inverted U-shaped pattern in age conjectured by Blanchflower (BJIR...

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Tax Evasion in a Unionised Economy

Goerke, Laszlo - 2001

In a unionised labour market, a substitution of a payroll for an income tax will not alter employment if tax obligations are fulfilled. However, if workers or firms can evade taxes this irrelevance result might no longer apply. This will especially be the case if the fine for tax evasion depends...

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Risk aversion and trade union membership

Goerke, Laszlo; Pannenberg, Markus - 2008

In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion can affect the decision to join a trade union. Furthermore, a shift in risk attitudes can alter collective bargaining outcomes. Using German panel data (GSOEP) and three novel...

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Generational accounting, solidarity and pension losses

Teulings, Coen N.; de Vries, Casper G. - 2003

The creeping stock market collapse eroded the wealth of funded pension systems. This led to political tensions between generations due to the fuzzy definition of property rights on the pension funds wealth. We argue that this problem can best be resolved by the introduction of generational...

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Insurance versus savings for the poor: Why one should offer either both or none

Landmann, Andreas; Vollan, Björn; Frölich, Markus - 2012

and a secret saving device on solidarity in risk-sharing groups among rural villagers in the Philippines. Risk is … simulated by a lottery. Risk-sharing is possible in solidarity groups of three and insurance is introduced via less risky … also test for the persistence of this crowding-out of solidarity. We find evidence for a reduction of solidarity by …

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Risky Choices and Solidarity: Why Experimental Design Matters

Wunsch, Conny; Strobl, Renate - 2018

Negative income shocks can either be the consequence of risky choices or random events. A growing literature analyzes the role of responsibility for neediness for informal financial support of individuals facing negative income shocks based on randomized experiments. In this paper, we show that...

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