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 …

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 …

Gewerkschaft waren. Die individuelle Wahrscheinlichkeit einer "Nie-Mitgliedschaft" hängt in Westdeutschland signifikant mit …Mit Daten des ALLBUS 2002 und des European Social Survey 2002/03 analysiert diese Arbeit erstmalig die "Nie-Mitgliedschaft …" in deutschen Gewerkschaften. Wir zeigen, dass 54 bis 59 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland niemals Mitglied einer …

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 …Gewerkschaft <Motiv>, Gewerkschaft / Nichtmitglied, Gewerkschaft …