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Heterogeneity in Union Status and Employee Well-Being

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  • Haile, Getinet Astatike

    () (University of Nottingham)

  • Bryson, Alex

    () (National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR))

  • White, Michael

    () (Policy Studies Institute)

Abstract

This paper examines if workplace and co-worker union status affect employee wellbeing. In contrast to the literature focusing on links between one’s own membership status and wellbeing, we focus principally on non-union employees. We find that being in a union workplace and having union co-workers affect the job satisfaction of non-union employees negatively. No such a link is found with respect to job-related anxiety.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 7075.

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Length: 35 pages
Date of creation: Dec 2012
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Handle: RePEc:iza:izadps:dp7075

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