ISSN:
0143-7720
Quelle:
Emerald Fulltext Archive Database 1994-2005
Thema:
Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Notizen:
Reviews the literature on trade union membership in OECD countries.After considering the ways in which trade union membership is measured,trends in both membership and density since 1970 are examined. Whencross-sectional determinants are considered, density is found to beunrelated to size of employment in the manufacturing sector and theshare of female employment, but it is related to the level of collectivebargaining and the size of the public sector. An examination ofindividual and job-related characteristics finds membership is higheramong males, those with family responsibilities, those with loweroccupational status and those with low educational achievements and thatjob dissatisfaction and left-wing views are also important. Time-seriesstudies find that while union growth and decline are linked to thebusiness cycle, with wages, prices and unemployment affectingmembership, economic factors are not the sole explanation. Concludes bysurveying the causes of union decline since 1980, together with recenterror-correction and cointegration approaches to modelling trade unionmembership.
Materialart:
Digitale Medien
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01437729410065308
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