Determinants of trade union membership in West Germany
Evidence From Micro Data, 1980-2000
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4237231 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claus Schnabel (0000-0001-5979-8879, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 1-24 |
| Publication date | 2005-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Socio-Economic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1475-1461 • E-ISSN: 1475-147X |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/soceco/3.1.1 |
| OpenAlex | W4238115797 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 20 |
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce. Repeated cross-sectional analyses suggest that a number of personal, occupational and attitudinal variables such as sex, occupational status, firm size and political orientation play a role in the unionization process, although the influence of some variables is not robust over time. While the results are consistent with cost–benefit considerations on the sides of employees and unions, our estimations do not support individualization theory and they cast some doubt on a crucial prediction from social custom theory.
Biology and political orientation · Demographic economics · Econometrics · Economic growth · Economic history · Economics · Fell · Geography · Labour economics · Panel data · Political science · Politics · Soviet union · Trade union · West germany · Workforce · Firm Innovation and Growth · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality · Labor Movements and Unions · Law · Psychology · Social Policy and Reform Studies · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 11 |
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| Citations per year | 0,71 |
| Citation span | 2009 - 2026 (18) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |