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dc.contributor.authorPowdthavee, Nattavudhen
dc.date.accessioned2010-03-17-
dc.date.accessioned2010-07-07T12:06:27Z-
dc.date.available2010-07-07T12:06:27Z-
dc.date.issued2010-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/36156-
dc.description.abstractThis paper documents evidence that rejects the paradox of dissatisfied union members. Using eleven waves of the BHPS, it studies the past, contemporaneous, and future effects of union membership on job satisfaction. By separating union free-riders from other nonmembers in the fixed effects equations, I find significant anticipation effects to unionism for prospective members and covered nonmembers of both genders. Workers go on to report, on average, a significant net increase in overall job satisfaction at the year unionization occurs. Nonetheless, adaptation to unionism is complete within the first few years of joining a unionized firm. One hypothesis for this is that workers adapt their reported satisfaction over time to support their union bargaining efforts, which would be consistent with the explanation given by Freeman and Medoff (1984) of union's role in fanning the flame of discontent to the management during contract negotiations.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aInstitute for the Study of Labor (IZA) |cBonnen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aIZA Discussion Papers |x4806en
dc.subject.jelJ28en
dc.subject.jelJ5en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordUnion coverageen
dc.subject.keywordunion membershipen
dc.subject.keywordjob satisfactionen
dc.subject.keywordanticipationen
dc.subject.keywordadaptationen
dc.subject.keywordfree-rideren
dc.subject.keywordlongitudinalen
dc.subject.stwGewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgraden
dc.subject.stwMitgliedschaften
dc.subject.stwTrittbrettfahrerverhaltenen
dc.subject.stwArbeitszufriedenheiten
dc.subject.stwGroßbritannienen
dc.titleAnticipation, free-rider problem, and adaptation to trade union: re-examining the curious case of dissatisfied union members-
dc.type|aWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn621243175en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen

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