Who are the Workers Who Never Joined a Union?: Empirical Evidence from Western and Eastern Germany

Claus Schnabel; Joachim Wagner

Who are the Workers Who Never Joined a Union? Empirical Evidence from Western and Eastern Germany

Claus Schnabel
, Joachim Wagner

Publikation: Beiträge in Zeitschriften › Zeitschriftenaufsätze › Forschung › Begutachtung

Abstract

Mit Daten des ALLBUS 2002 und des European Social Survey 2002/03 analysiert diese Arbeit erstmalig die "Nie-Mitgliedschaft" in deutschen Gewerkschaften. Wir zeigen, dass 54 bis 59 Prozent aller Beschäftigten in Deutschland niemals Mitglied einer Gewerkschaft waren. Die individuelle Wahrscheinlichkeit einer "Nie-Mitgliedschaft" hängt in Westdeutschland signifikant mit persönlichen Merkmalen, der politischen Ausrichtung und (in geringerem Maße) dem familiären Hintergrund zusammen...

Originalsprache	Englisch
Zeitschrift	Industrielle Beziehungen
Jahrgang	13
Ausgabenummer	2
Seiten (von - bis)	118-131
Seitenumfang	14
ISSN	0943-2779
Publikationsstatus	Erschienen - 2006

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UN SDGs

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Volkswirtschaftslehre
Deutschland
Gewerkschaft
Empirische Wirtschaftsforschung

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Industrial relations
Betriebswirtschaft und Internationales Management
Organisationslehre und Personalmanagement

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Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany
Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2005, Erlangen: Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 15 S. (Diskussionspapiere; Nr. 37).
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Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany
Schnabel, C. & Wagner, J., 2005, Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 14 S. (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 12).
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