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Trade Union Membership and Works Councils in West Germany

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Laszlo Goerke
Markus Pannenberg

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The fraction of works councillors belonging to a trade union in Germany is much higher than union density among employees. If works councils represent the face of unions, union membership of employees should be related positively to the existence of works councils and their proximity to unions. Using data from the German Socio-Economic-Panel SOEP for West Germany we find that (a) works councillors exhibit a higher probability of being a union member, (b) the mere existence of a works council within an establishment has no significant impact on union membership and (c) a ten percent decrease in the average share of unionised works councillors coincides with a ten percent fall in the probability of being a union member. Hence, the decline in the unionisation of works councillors and the fall in union density in West Germany are closely linked.

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Volume (Year): 14 (2007)
Issue (Month): 2 ()
Pages: 154 - 175
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Keywords: Panel Data; Trade Union Membership; Works Councils;

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  1. Laszlo Goerke & Markus Pannenberg, 2008. "Risk Aversion and Trade Union Membership," SOEPpapers 88, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP). [Downloadable!]
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  2. Claus Schnabel & Joachim Wagner, 2008. "The Aging of the unions in West Germany, 1980-2006," Working Paper Series in Economics 93, University of Lüneburg, Institute of Economics. [Downloadable!]
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