@TechReport{iza:izadps:dp708,
            	author={Schnabel, Claus and Wagner, Joachim},
            	title={Determinants of Trade Union Membership in Western Germany: Evidence from Micro Data, 1980-2000},
            	year={2003},
	month={Jan},
            	institution={Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)},
            	address={Bonn},
            	type={IZA Discussion Paper},
            	number={708},
            	url={https://www.iza.org/publications/dp708},
	abstract={An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that union density
fell substantially in West Germany from 1980 to 2000. Such a negative trend can be
observed for men and women and for different groups of the workforce. Repeated crosssectional
analyses suggest that a number of personal, occupational and attitudinal variables
such as sex, occupational status, firm size and political orientation play a role in the
unionization process, although the influence of many variables is not robust over time. While
the results are consistent with cost-benefit considerations on the sides of employees and
unions, individualization theory and social custom theory is not consistently supported by our
estimations.},
	keywords={Germany;micro data;trade union membership},
            }