Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?

Claus Schnabel; Joachim Wagner

Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?

Claus Schnabel
, Joachim Wagner

Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg

Publikation: Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere und Berichte › Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere

Abstract

An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that the level and the structure of unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling steadily in both parts of the country since 1992...

Originalsprache	Englisch
Erscheinungsort	Erlangen
Verlag	Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
Seitenumfang	25
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 2003

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Trade union membership in Eastern and Western Germany: convergence or divergence?

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