Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain

Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen ORCID: 0009-0004-8130-2701 (2003) Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 41 (3). pp. 391-415. ISSN 0007-1080

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Abstract

This paper investigates whether young people whose fathers are union members are themselves more likely to join a union. We find that young people with unionized fathers are twice as likely to be unionized as those with non-union fathers and that this rises to three times higher for those whose fathers are active in the union. This supports the idea that socialization within the family plays a role in encouraging union membership. It is not the case that the cross-generation correlations we observe are driven by common within-family characteristics (like occupation, industry and political persuasion) that are strongly related to union membership.

Item Type:	Article
Official URL:	http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/BJIR
Additional Information:	© 2003 Blackwell Publishing.
Divisions:	Centre for Economic Performance Economics
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
JEL classification:	J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J1 - Demographic Economics > J13 - Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J6 - Mobility, Unemployment, and Vacancies > J62 - Job, Occupational, and Intergenerational Mobility
Date Deposited:	16 Jun 2006
Last Modified:	11 Nov 2024 23:18
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/334

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