PubData Leuphana Repository: The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis?

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Ressourcentyp	Arbeitspapier
Titel	The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980-2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis?
DOI	10.48548/pubdata-1217
Handle	20.500.14123/1280
Autor*in	Schnabel, Claus Wagner, Joachim 0000-0001-6058-4536 129798215
Abstract	An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density fell substantially in western Germany from 1980 to 2004 and in eastern Germany from 1992 to 2004. Such a negative trend can be observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce. Regression estimates indicate that the probability of union membership is related to a number of personal and occupational variables such as age, public sector employment and being a blue collar worker (significant in western Germany only). A decomposition analysis shows that differences in union density over time and between eastern and western Germany to a large degree cannot be explained by differences in the characteristics of employees. Contrary to wide-spread perceptions, changes in the composition of the workforce seem to have played a minor role in the fall in union density in western and eastern Germany.
Sprache	Englisch
Schlagwörter	Union; Membership; Density; Decomposition; Germany; Gewerkschaft; Zerfall; Deutschland
Jahr der Veröffentlichung in PubData	2006
Art der Veröffentlichung	Erstveröffentlichung
Publikationsversion	Veröffentlichte Version
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung	2006-11-22
Entstehungskontext	Forschung
Veröffentlicht durch	Medien- und Informationszentrum, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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