The paper investigates whether unionisation has a spillover effect on wellbeing by comparing non-members in union and non-union workplaces. To this end, it adapts the social custom model of trade unions and goes on to conduct empirical analyses using linked employer-employee data and alternative...

This paper draws attention to an increase in the size of the union membership wage premiumin the UK public sector relative to the private sector. We find the public sector membershipwage premium is approximately double that in the private sector controlling for a full range ofindividual, job and...