Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/307864 
Year of Publication: 
2024
Series/Report no.: 
IAAEU Discussion Paper Series in Economics No. 08/2024
Publisher: 
University of Trier, Institute for Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU), Trier
Abstract: 
The effects of trade union membership on wages and job satisfaction have been studied extensively. Arguably, life satisfaction serves as a more comprehensive measure of the benefits of union membership and warrants closer examination. Using all relevant waves from the German Socio-Economic Panel between 1985 and 2019, we find a negative correlation between trade union membership and life satisfaction in OLS and FE specifications. The association may arise because union members are more concerned about their job and the economic situation and less satisfied with their work. Social capital and wages also perform as channels between membership and life satisfaction. The negative correlation is more pronounced in settings in which trade unions are relatively weak.
Subjects: 
German Socio-Economic Panel
Industrial Relations in Germany
Life Satisfaction
Trade Union Membership
JEL: 
I31
J28
J51
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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