In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …

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. …

union wage premium in Germany of almost three percent which is not simply a collective bargaining premium. Given that the … union membership fee is typically about one percent of workers' gross wages, this finding suggests that it pays off to be a … which constitute the core of union membership. Rather, unions seem to care about disadvantaged workers and pursue a wider …

In 1996, statutory sick pay was reduced for private sector workers in Germany. Using the empirical observation that … in sick pay. In the empirical investigation, we find a positive relationship between trade union membership and absence … trade union membership. -- Difference-in-differences ; sickness-related absence ; Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) ; statutory …

Using data from national socio-economic panel surveys in Australia, Britain and Germany, this paper analyzes the …

immigrants across Germany. …