TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Addison, John T.
AU  - Bryson, Alex
AU  - Teixeira, Paulino
AU  - Pahnke, André
        TI  - Slip Sliding Away: Further Union Decline in Germany and Britain
        PY  - 2010/Feb/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 4760
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp4760
        AB  - This paper presents the first comparative analysis of the decline in collective bargaining in two European countries where that decline has been most pronounced. Using workplace-level data and a common model, we present decompositions of changes in collective bargaining and worker representation in the private sector in Germany and Britain over the period 1998-2004. In both countries within-effects dominate compositional changes as the source of the recent decline in unionism. Overall, the decline in collective bargaining is more pronounced in Britain than in Germany, thus continuing a trend apparent since the 1980s. Although workplace characteristics differ markedly across the two countries, assuming counterfactual values of these characteristics makes little difference to unionization levels. Expressed differently, the German dummy looms large.
        KW  - shift share analysis
KW  - worker representation
KW  - behavioral and composition effects
KW  - union recognition
KW  - patterns of erosion
KW  - union coverage
        ER  -