Despite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been … declining dramatically since the early 90's. However, aggregate gross membership numbers do not distinguish by employment status … 1985, 1989, 1993, and 1998 to perform a panel analysis of net union membership among employees. We estimate a correlated …

War mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands ein starker Anstieg in der Mitgliederzahl der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland … unternimmt erstmalig eine Panelanalyse der Mitgliedschaft in Gewerkschaften auf Basis des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels. Ziel ist es … Mitgliedschaft lassen sich nicht durch eine Veränderung in der Mitgliedschaftsneigung für gegebene sozio-ökonomische Charakteristika …

-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain … membership matches in East Germany right after German unification. …Union density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace …

Collective bargaining in Germany takes place either at the industry level or at the firm level; collective bargaining …

Using a large-scale linked-employer-employee data set from western Germany, this paper presents new evidence on the …

percentage points for females in West, and eight and 14 percentage points, respectively, in East Germany. We find that neither …