The effects of trade union membership on wages and job satisfaction have been studied extensively. Arguably, life … satisfaction serves as a more comprehensive measure of the benefits of union membership and warrants closer examination. Using all … relevant waves from the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1985 and 2019, we find a negative correlation between trade union …

data to analyse the implications of changes in labour market conditions for changes in union membership using an …, increases the likelihood of individual union membership. Analysing data on media coverage about downsizing in a complementary … workers who lose their jobs and find no evidence of adverse effects on union membership among those directly affected by the …

. Econometric analyses indicate that on average retired workers' probability of union membership is 17 percentage points lower than … find that some determinants of union membership differ between active and retired workers and that standard membership …

union membership fee is typically about one percent of workers' gross wages, this finding suggests that it pays off to be a … which constitute the core of union membership. Rather, unions seem to care about disadvantaged workers and pursue a wider …

union membership fee is typically about one percent of workers' gross wages, this finding suggests that it pays off to be a … which constitute the core of union membership. Rather, unions seem to care about disadvantaged workers and pursue a wider …