Spillover Effects of Unionisation on Non-members' Well-being

Getinet Haile, Alex Bryson and Michael White ()
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Michael White: Policy Studies Institute

No 8361, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: The paper investigates whether unionisation has a spillover effect on wellbeing by comparing non-members in union and non-union workplaces. To this end, it adapts the social custom model of trade unions and goes on to conduct empirical analyses using linked employer-employee data and alternative empirical strategies. The findings in the paper reveal that unionisation does have a spillover effect lowering non-members' job satisfaction. Sub-group analysis based on workplace-level collective bargaining status uncovers that the adverse effect found is specific to establishments that set pay through collective bargaining.

Keywords: wellbeing; spillover effect; trade union; linked employer-employee data; Britain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J28 J5 J51 J82 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 39 pages
Date: 2014-07
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hap, nep-lab and nep-lma
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Published - published in: Labour Economics, 2015, 35, 108-122

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