Spillover effects of unionisation on non-members' wellbeing

Getinet Haile, Alex Bryson and Michael White

Labour Economics, 2015, vol. 35, issue C, 108-122

Abstract: We investigate whether unionisation has a spillover wellbeing effect on non-members. To this end, we adapt the Social Custom Model of trade unions and conduct empirical analyses using linked employer–employee data on private establishments in Britain. We find that unionisation lowers non-members' job satisfaction, but the effect is confined to workplaces where pay is set through collective bargaining.

Keywords: Trade union; Spillover effect; Wellbeing; Linked employer–employee data; Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J5 J51 J82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2015.05.001

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