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Wer ist noch Mitglied in den Gewerkschaften? Eine Panelanalyse für Westdeutschland

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  • Haggeney, Isabelle
  • Fitzenberger, Bernd
  • Ernst, Michaela

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War mit der Vereinigung Deutschlands ein starker Anstieg in der Mitgliederzahl der Gewerkschaften in Deutschland einhergegangen, erleben sie seit 1992 einen umso stärkeren Einbruch. Die von den Verbänden veröffentlichten Statistiken erlauben nur einen unzureichenden Rückschluss auf den Organisationsgrad der tatsächlich beschäftigten Arbeitnehmer. Diese Arbeit unternimmt erstmalig eine Panelanalyse der Mitgliedschaft in Gewerkschaften auf Basis des Sozio-ökonomischen Panels. Ziel ist es, zum einen die zeitliche Stabilität der Mitgliedschaftsfunktion zu untersuchen und zum anderen den Nettoorganisationsgrad der Beschäftigten in einzelnen Sektoren als Maß für die Verhandlungsstärke der Gewerkschaften zu schätzen. Wichtigstes Ergebnis der Untersuchung ist, dass sich die Mitgliedschaftsfunktion als zeitlich stabil erweist, d.h. Veränderungen in der Mitgliedschaft lassen sich nicht durch eine Veränderung in der Mitgliedschaftsneigung für gegebene sozio-ökonomische Charakteristika erklären, sondern müssen auf einer Veränderung in der Zusammensetzung der Arbeitnehmer beruhen. Die Schätzergebnisse werden dazu verwendet, den Organisationsgrad auf Sektorebene auf Basis der erst seit kurzem verfügbaren IAB{Beschäftigtenstichprobe hochzurechnen.

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  • Haggeney, Isabelle & Fitzenberger, Bernd & Ernst, Michaela, 1998. "Wer ist noch Mitglied in den Gewerkschaften? Eine Panelanalyse für Westdeutschland," ZEW Discussion Papers 98-11, ZEW - Leibniz Centre for European Economic Research.
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    Keywords

    Mitgliedschaft in Gewerkschaften; Bruttoorganisationsgrad; Nettoorganisationsgrad; GMM-Panelprobitschätzer;
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    JEL classification:

    • J5 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining
    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models

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