Join the Union and Be Safe: The Effects of Unionization on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union

Athina Economou () and Ioannis Theodossiou

LABOUR, 2015, vol. 29, issue 2, 127-140

Abstract: This paper investigates the effect of unionization on occupational safety and health, as measured by the fatal and non-fatal work accidents, after controlling for the country's gross domestic product. It uses a panel sample of 10 European Union countries, for the period 1982–2006. The study takes into account the time persistence in work injuries and the endogenous nature of the work injuries–union density relationship. In addition, the effect of union density is decomposed into a temporary and permanent effect. It is shown that increasing union density is associated with a decrease in the number of both fatal and non-fatal work injuries.

Date: 2015
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