With or Without U? Testing the Hypothesis of an Inverted U-Shaped Union Membership-Age Relationship

Artikel

In this note, we apply a new test by Lind and Mehlum (2010), casting doubt on the claim proposed by Blanchflower (2007) that the probability of unionisation follows an inverted U-shaped pattern in age with a maximum in the mid- to late 40s. With this new test for an inverted U-shaped pattern, which 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 with respect to West Germany - Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our findings suggest that more definitive evidence is needed before the existence of international unionisation-age patterns can be taken for granted.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Journal: Contemporary Economics ; ISSN: 2084-0845 ; Volume: 6 ; Year: 2012 ; Issue: 4 ; Pages: 28-34 ; Warsaw: Vizja Press & IT

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects
• Thema: unionisation ; age ; inverted U-shape ; Germany

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Schnabel, Claus ; Wagner, Joachim
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Vizja Press & IT
• (wo): Warsaw
• (wann): 2012

Weitere Informationen

• DOI: doi:10.5709/ce.1897-9254.65
• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/105383
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ