unternimmt erstmalig eine Panelanalyse der Mitgliedschaft in Gewerkschaften auf Basis des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels. Ziel ist es … Mitgliedschaft lassen sich nicht durch eine Veränderung in der Mitgliedschaftsneigung für gegebene sozio-ökonomische Charakteristika …

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 …

States. Micro-data is also used to model union membership in a further eleven non-OECD countries. Union density is found to … USA and the UK in the mid to late 40s. This inverted U-shaped pattern is repeated in a further thirty countries (Australia … with diverse industrial relations systems including early retirement and cohort effects. -- unions membership ; non-OECD …

for each country, we find that individuals' probability of union membership is significantly affected by their personal …