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dc.contributor.authorFitzenberger, Bernden
dc.contributor.authorKohn, Karstenen
dc.contributor.authorWang, Qingweien
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:57:03Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:57:03Z-
dc.date.issued2006-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/24521-
dc.description.abstractUnion density in Germany has declined remarkably during the last two decades. We estimate socio-economic and workplace-related determinants of union membership in East and West Germany using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel by means of Chamberlain-Mundlack correlated random effects probit models. Drawing on the estimates, we project net union densities (NUD) and analyze the differences between East and West Germany as well as the corresponding changes in NUD over time. Blinder-Oaxaca decompositions show that changes in the composition of the work force have only played a minor role for the deunionization trends in East and West Germany. In East-West comparison, differences in the characteristics of the work force reflect a lower quality of membership matches in East Germany right after German unification.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x06-066en
dc.subject.jelJ51en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUnion membershipen
dc.subject.keywordunion densityen
dc.subject.keywordcorrelated random effects probit modelen
dc.subject.keyworddecomposition analysisen
dc.subject.keywordEast Germanyen
dc.subject.keywordWest Germanyen
dc.titleThe Erosion of Union Membership in Germany: Determinants, Densities, Decompositions-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn517627418en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:5460en

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