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dc.contributor.authorFitzenberger, Bernden
dc.contributor.authorBeck, Martinen
dc.date.accessioned2009-02-16T14:47:27Z-
dc.date.available2009-02-16T14:47:27Z-
dc.date.issued2003-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10419/23977-
dc.description.abstractDespite the apparent stability of the wage bargaining institutions in West Germany, aggregate union membership has been declining dramatically since the early 90's. However, aggregate gross membership numbers do not distinguish by employment status and it is impossible to disaggregate these sufficiently. This paper uses four waves of the German Socioeconomic Panel in 1985, 1989, 1993, and 1998 to perform a panel analysis of net union membership among employees. We estimate a correlated random effects probit model suggested in Chamberlain (1984) to take proper account of individual specfic effects. Our results suggest that at the individual level the propensity to be a union member has not changed considerably over time. Thus, the aggregate decline in membership is due to composition effects. We also use the estimates to predict net union density at the industry level based on the IAB employment subsample for the time period 1985 to 1997.en
dc.language.isoengen
dc.publisher|aZentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) |cMannheimen
dc.relation.ispartofseries|aZEW Discussion Papers |x03-42en
dc.subject.jelJ5en
dc.subject.ddc330en
dc.subject.keywordunion membershipen
dc.subject.keywordgross and net union densityen
dc.subject.keywordcorrelated random effects probit modelen
dc.subject.stwGewerkschaftlicher Organisationsgraden
dc.subject.stwGewerkschaften
dc.subject.stwMitgliedschaften
dc.subject.stwBerufsstrukturen
dc.subject.stwSektorale Beschäftigungsstrukturen
dc.subject.stwSchätzungen
dc.subject.stwDeutschlanden
dc.titleChanges in Union Membership Over Time: A Panel Analysis for West Germany-
dc.typeWorking Paperen
dc.identifier.ppn856552003en
dc.rightshttp://www.econstor.eu/dspace/Nutzungsbedingungenen
dc.identifier.repecRePEc:zbw:zewdip:1351en

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