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 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 …

provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly … Nie-Mitgliedschaft in deutschen Gewerkschaften. Wir zeigen, dass 54 bis 59 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland …

for social custom effects in the determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for …In the absence of closed-shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be explained by the existence of …, observed reductions in the demand for union membership can weaken the impact of a norm and accentuate the free-rider problem. …

Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce … and unions, individualization theory and social custom theory is not consistently supported by our estimations. …

provides the first empirical analysis of trade union never-membership in Germany. We show that between 54 and 59 percent of all … employees in Germany have never been members of a trade union. Individuals' probability of never-membership is significantly …

inverted U-shaped pattern that has not been applied to the age-membership nexus before, and by constructing exact confidence … intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our …

the existence of a core in Germany's board and director network. Conditional on being a board member, it is very … improbable to obtain a second membership, but multiple board membership becomes increasingly likely once this initial barrier is …

Darstellung anderer als Personen unterstützen. Im Gegensatz zu Familien ist dabei die Mitgliedschaft in Gruppen in einem hohen … Maße kontingent, sodass die Akzeptanz personenbezogener Kommunikation für die Mitgliedschaft maßgeblich ist. Aufgrund der …