Arbeitspapier
Who are the workers who never joined a union? Empirical evidence from Germany
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 never-membership 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 never-membership 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.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: Diskussionspapiere ; No. 37
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
- Subject
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union membership
never-membership
Germany
Gewerkschaft
Mitgliedschaft
Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Wagner, Joachim
Schnabel, Claus
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Veröffentlichung
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Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik
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Nürnberg
- (when)
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2005
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:42 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Wagner, Joachim
- Schnabel, Claus
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Lehrstuhl für Arbeitsmarkt- und Regionalpolitik
Time of origin
- 2005