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

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Abstract

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 nevermembership 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 nevermembership 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.

Original language	English
Journal	Industrielle Beziehungen
Volume	13
Issue number	2
Pages (from-to)	118-131
Number of pages	14
ISSN	0943-2779
Publication status	Published - 2006

Bibliographical note

Zsfassung in dt. Sprache

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SDG 8 Decent Work and Economic Growth

Research areas and keywords

Economics
Union Membership
Never.membership
Germany

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Industrial relations
Business and International Management
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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2 Working papers

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 p. (Working paper series in economics; no. 12).
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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 p. (Diskussionspapiere; no. 37).
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