Arbeitspapier
Union membership and age: the inverted u-shape hypothesis under test
In this note we cast some doubt on the claim put forward by David Blanchflower (2007) that the probability of being unionized follows an inverted U-shaped pattern in age with a maximum in the mid- to late 40s. By using a special test for an inverted U-shaped pattern that has not been applied to the age-membership nexus before, and by constructing exact confidence intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that at least for West Germany Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our findings suggest that more definitive evidence is needed before the existence of international unionization-age patterns can be taken for granted.
- Language
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 3842
- Classification
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Wirtschaft
Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
- Subject
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Unionization
age
inverted U-shape
Germany
Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad
Mitgliedschaft
Altersgruppe
Deutschland
- Event
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Geistige Schöpfung
- (who)
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Schnabel, Claus
Wagner, Joachim
- Event
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Veröffentlichung
- (who)
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
- (where)
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Bonn
- (when)
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2008
- Handle
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2008120210
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Schnabel, Claus
- Wagner, Joachim
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2008
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