Blanden, Jo and Machin, Stephen (2003) Cross-generation correlations of union status for young people in Britain. British Journal of Industrial Relations, 41 (3). pp. 391-415. ISSN 1467-8543
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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 |
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| Official URL: | http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/journals/BJIR |
| Additional Information: | © 2003 Blackwell Publishing. |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| Journal of Economic Literature Classification System: | 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 |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Centre for the Economics of Education (CEE) Collections > Economists Online Research centres and groups > Centre for Economic Performance (CEP) Departments > Economics |
| Date Deposited: | 16 Jun 2006 |
| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/334/ |
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