Year: 1999
Author: Fitzenberger, Bernd, Haggeney, Isabelle, Ernst, Michaela
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 119 (1999), Iss. 2 : pp. 223–263
Abstract
Based on the Socioeconomic Panel, this paper pursues for the first time a panel analysis of trade union membership in West Germany. Its goals are to analyze the intertemporal stability of the membership function and to predict net union density among employees in various sectors as a proxy for union bargaining power. The estimated membership function proves stable over time, i.e. changes in aggregate membership cannot be attributed to changes in the propensity for membership given socioeconomic characteristics; instead, they must be the result of compositional changes. The estimates are used to predict union density at the sectoral level based on the IAB-Beschäftigtenstichprobe.
Journal Article Details
Publisher Name: Global Science Press
Language: Multiple languages
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3790/schm.119.2.223
Journal of Contextual Economics – Schmollers Jahrbuch, Vol. 119 (1999), Iss. 2 : pp. 223–263
Published online: 1999-02
AMS Subject Headings: Duncker & Humblot
Copyright: COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press
Pages: 41