Who are the workers who never joined a union?
Subtitle: empirical evidence from Germany
By: by Claus Schnabel, Joachim Wagner.
Contributors: Wagner, Joachim.
Series: Discussion paper ;; no. 1658; Discussion paper (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit : Online) ;; no. 1658
Publisher: IZA
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bonn, Germany
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Labor unions -- Germany.; Labor union members -- Germany.
Description: "Using representative data from the German social survey ALLBUS 2002 and the European Social Survey 2002/03, this paper 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 affected by their personal characteristics (in particular age, education and status at work), their political orientation and (to a lesser degree) their family background, and by broad location. In addition, occupational and workplace characteristics play a significant role. Most important in this regard is the presence of a union at the workplace"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
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