Explaining leaving union membership by the degree of labour market attachment: Exploring the case of Germany

Janine Leschke and Kurt Vandaele
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Janine Leschke: Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
Kurt Vandaele: European Trade Union Institute, Brussels

Economic and Industrial Democracy, 2018, vol. 39, issue 1, 64-86

Abstract: By particularly stressing the weaker labour market attachment of workers with non-standard contracts, this article contributes to the rather unexplored issue of mainly non-union-related reasons for leaving trade unions. Germany has been selected as a case study because German unions experienced a steady decline in membership, while at the same time non-standard employment arrangements increased considerably and more so than the European average. Using the German Socio-Economic Panel data, the authors construct a labour market attachment variable capturing different degrees of attachment. Their analysis shows the impact of labour market attachment and firm-level characteristics on union leaving and points especially to important differences across gender.

Keywords: Germany; labour market attachment; non-standard employment; trade union membership; union membership outflow (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1177/0143831X15603456

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