TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Haile, Getinet Astatike
        TI  - Union Decline in Britain: Is Chauvinism Also to Blame?
        PY  - 2012/May/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 6536
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp6536
        AB  - The paper examines if workplace gender diversity offers some explanation for the decline of unions in Britain. Using the WERS2004 linked employer-employee data and alternative econometric estimators it reports an inverse relationship between workplace union density and gender diversity. Gender and ownership status based sub-group analyses suggest the inverse relationship to be stronger for male union members and those in the private sector. Gender group size based analysis reveals a positive link between workplace union density and gender diversity in workplaces with a female majority. The findings in this paper may mean that unions (and their main constituents, men) may need to embrace the changing workplace demography genuinely to improve their fate.
        KW  - trade union decline
KW  - gender diversity
KW  - linked employer-employee data
KW  - Britain
        ER  -