Union free-riding in Britain and New Zealand
By: Alex Bryson
Contributors: London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance
Series: CEP discussion paper -- no. 713; Discussion paper (London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance : Online) -- no. 713.
Publisher: Centre for Economic Performance, London School of Economics and Political Science
Published: 2006
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Description: The percentage of workers who choose not to join the union available to them at their workplace has been rising in Britain and New Zealand. Social custom, union instrumentality, the fixed costs of joining, employee perceptions of management attitudes to unionization and employee problems at work all influence the propensity to free-ride. Ideological convictions regarding the role of unions also play some role, as do private  excludable goods. There is little indication of employer-inspired policies substituting for pnionization where unions are already present. Having accounted for all these factors, free-riding remains more common in New Zealand than in Britain.
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