Bryson, Alex, Cappellari, Lorenzo and Lucifora, Claudio (2010) Why so unhappy?: the effects of unionization on job satisfaction. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 72 (3). pp. 357-380. ISSN 0305-9049
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Using linked employer–employee data we investigate the job satisfaction effect of union membership in Britain. We develop a model that simultaneously controls for the determinants of individual membership status and for the selection of employees into occupations according to union coverage. We find a negative association between membership and satisfaction. However, having accounted for selection effects, we find that the negative association is confined to non-covered employees. This is consistent with 'voice' effects, whereby non-covered members voice dissatisfaction to achieve union goals, and with the possibility that membership increases preferences for collective bargaining, thus lowering members' satisfaction in non-covered environments.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0305-9049 |
| Additional Information: | © 2010 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the Department of Economics, University of Oxford |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HB Economic Theory H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor |
| JEL classification: | J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J2 - Time Allocation, Work Behavior, and Employment Determination and Creation; Human Capital; Retirement > J28 - Safety; Accidents; Industrial Health; Job Satisfaction; Related Public Policy J - Labor and Demographic Economics > J5 - Labor-Management Relations, Trade Unions, and Collective Bargaining > J51 - Trade Unions: Objectives, Structure, and Effects |
| Date Deposited: | 23 Apr 2010 13:46 |
| Last Modified: | 05 Jan 2024 07:42 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/27768 |
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