unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation …

unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level … of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that … will fall further -- union membership ; union density ; cohort effects ; West Germany …

constructing exact confidence intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that – at least with respect to West Germany …