This paper investigates the demise of unionisation in British private sector workplaces over the last quarter century. We show that dramatic union decline has occurred across all types of workplace. Although the union wage premium persists it is quite small in 2004. Negative union effects on...

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...

In der Study werden die Arbeitsbeziehungen im Krankenhaussektor von Deutschland und Großbritannien. Der deutsche Krankenhaussektor ist durch fragmentierte und dezentral organisierte (Lohn-)Verhandlungen gekennzeichnet, während im britischen NHS (National Health Service) die Lohnkoordinierungen...