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 …

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 … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …

inverted Ushaped 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 … taken for granted. -- Unionization ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany …

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members … average partial effect of union membership. -- dismissal ; free-riding ; trade union membership ; survey data …

unmittelbar nach der Vereinigung wurde als Sonderfall und nicht als Untergrabung des "Modells Deutschland" gesehen. Nicht nur der …The German unions face disturbing membership decline. Only every fifth employee who is not yet retired is willing to … contribute to it. The problems of membership recruitment of German unions are placed in the context of social-economic changes …

In Germany, there is no trade union membership wage premium, while the membership fee amounts to 1% of the gross wage … evidence for a private gain from trade union membership which has hitherto not been documented: in West Germany, union members … average partial effect of union membership. …

In the absence of closed-shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be explained by the existence of … social norms. We develop a theoretical frame-work which nests various social custom models. Using micro data for Germany and … Great Britain, we find evidence for social custom effects in the determination of trade union membership in both countries …