Collective happiness: labor union membership and life satisfaction

Crawford Charman and Ann Owen

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Abstract: Labor union membership is associated with higher levels of life satisfaction in low income countries, but not in high income countries. Evidence suggests that union membership affects life satisfaction in low income countries through better working conditions.

Keywords: labor unions; life satisfaction; working conditions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J5 J8 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013-09
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