@techreport{Goerke2003Norm,
abstract = {In the absence of closed-shops and discriminatory wage policies, union membership can be
explained by the existence of social norms. We describe a model, incorporating institutional
features of the German labour market, which explicitly allows for social custom effects in the
determination of union membership. Using panel data for Germany, we find evidence for
according effects which restrict freeriding. The impact of social norms tends to increase with
net union density. Hence, observed reductions in the demand for union membership can
weaken the impact of a norm and accentuate the free-rider problem.},
author = {Laszlo Goerke and Markus Pannenberg},
copyright = {http://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungen},
keywords = {J51; D71; 330; Germany; norms; social custom; trade union membership; Gewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgrad; Mitgliedschaft; Soziale Norm; Trittbrettfahrerverhalten; Deutschland},
language = {eng},
number = {962},
title = {Norm-Based Trade Union Membership: Evidence for Germany},
type = {IZA Discussion paper series},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20198},
year = {2003}
}
