The puzzles of union density in Norway

Kristine Nergaard and Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke
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Kristine Nergaard: Senior researcher at Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo, Norway
Torgeir Aarvaag Stokke: Research director at Fafo Institute for Labour and Social Research, Oslo, Norway

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2007, vol. 13, issue 4, 653-670

Abstract: The level of union density in Norway is medium high, in contrast to the other Nordic countries where high density levels are supported by unemployment insurance funds. Developments in union density over time are stable in Norway, contrary to developments in most western European countries outside the Nordic region. This article traces the effects of unemployment insurance funds by comparing density levels in Norway with those in Finland and Sweden. In addition, the stability witnessed in union density in Norway over time is a particularly puzzling phenomenon, and the authors seek to explain it on the basis of specific institutional and labour market factors.

Keywords: unionism; union density; Norway; the Nordic countries (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2007
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DOI: 10.1177/102425890701300409

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