THE DETERMINANTS OF TRADE UNION MEMBERSHIP GROWTH IN MALAYSIA

Fatimah Said, Roza Hazli Zakaria and Saad Mohd. Said
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Fatimah Said: Department of Appliced Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration,University Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Roza Hazli Zakaria: Department of Analytical Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration,University Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Saad Mohd. Said: Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Administration, University Malaya, Jalan Lembah Pantai, 50603 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

IIUM Journal of Economics and Management, 2002, vol. 10, issue 2, 111-128

Abstract: A new model of trade union membership growth in Malaysia for the period 1970-2000 is proposed. In the model we incorporate not only the economic factors but also the political factors as the explanatory variables. We find that increases in prices, rate of growth of gross domestic products and union density enhance union growth, while future increases in the unemployment rate and unfavorable political climate tend to inhibit membership growth.

Keywords: Trade union growth; Labor economics; Industrial relations (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2002
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