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 …

will fall further. -- Union membership ; union density ; cohort effects ; West Germany …

women and for different groups of the workforce. Regression estimates indicate that the probability of union membership is …

States. Micro-data is also used to model union membership in a further eleven non-OECD countries. Union density is found to … with diverse industrial relations systems including early retirement and cohort effects. -- unions membership ; non-OECD …

union membership lasts and what are the determinants of its duration. This also allows to conceptualize union membership as … effects were to be investigated. Survival analysis applied to a sample of 48705 workers highlights that union membership … working in cities tend to show less attachment to union membership than the other workers. …

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 …