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 …

Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …

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 …

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 …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that … gewerkschaftlichen Mitgliedschaft weist nur in sehr wenigen Jahren den von Blanchflower (BJIR 2007) postulierten umgekehrt U …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that … gewerkschaftlichen Mitgliedschaft weist nur in sehr wenigen Jahren den von Blanchflower (BJIR 2007) postulierten umgekehrt Uförmigen …

anderen ist die Bereitschaft, sich in einer Gewerkschaft zu organisieren, in den neunziger Jahren deutlich zurückgegangen. …

Eine Auswertung der Allgemeinen Bevölkerungsumfrage der Sozialwissenschaften zeigt, dass in Deutschland zuletzt nur …