published in: Applied Economics Quarterly, 2003, 49 (3), 213-232
An empirical analysis of various waves of the ALLBUS social survey shows that the level and
the structure of unionization has become more and more similar in eastern and western
Germany in the period 1992 to 2000. The originally high level of union density in eastern
Germany has dropped below that of western Germany, and union membership has been
falling steadily in both parts of the country since 1992. Repeated cross-sectional analyses
indicate that the factors influencing individuals’ probability of union membership have
converged over time between western and eastern Germany. After an assimilation period of
about ten years the same set of variables can be used to explain unionization in post-socialist
eastern Germany and in traditionally capitalist western Germany.
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