Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
union density will fall further.
JEL Classification: J51
Keywords: union membership, union density, cohort effects … union membership in West Germany peaked in 1981 and
has fallen ever since. Since 2001 total membership in united Germany … unemployment influence union
membership growth (see Armingeon 1989; Schnabel 1989) and that the compo-
sition of the labor force …