will fall further. -- Union membership ; union density ; cohort effects ; West Germany …Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

will fall further. -- union membership ; union density ; cohort effects ; West Germany …Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce …

Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

will fall further. -- Union membership ; union density ; cohort effects, West Germany …Using data from the social survey ALLBUS for West Germany in the period 1980 to 2006, this paper demonstrates that …

councillors and the fall in union density in West Germany are closely linked. - panel data ; trade union membership; works council …The fraction of works councillors belonging to a trade union in Germany is much higher than union density among … employees. If works councils represent the face of unions, union membership of employees should be related positively to the …

The fraction of works councillors belonging to a trade union in Germany is much higher than union density among … employees. If works councils represent the face of unions, union membership of employees should be related positively to the … establishment has no impact on union membership and (c) a 10% decrease in the average share of unionised works councillors coincides …

In an open-shop model of trade union membership with heterogeneity in risk attitudes, a worker's relative risk aversion … significantly positive relationship between risk aversion and the likelihood of union membership. Additionally, we observe a …

of union density in eastern Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been falling … individuals probability of union membership have converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation … unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level …