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

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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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.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Young people, union member, union at work, relative risk ratio, intergenerational links.
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
Rights:	http://www.lse.ac.uk/library/rights/LSERO.htm
URL:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/334/

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