The importance of national institutional arrangements: the case of trade union membership and unemployment

In some EU countries the trade unions are centrally involved in the administration and distribution of unemployment benefits. This institutional relationship is held to play an important role in accounting for the relatively high level of union density in the countries concerned. However, there has...

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Published inInternational journal of human resource management Vol. 9; no. 6; pp. 1064 - 1075
Main Authors Beaumont, P. B., Harris, R. I. D.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 1998
Subjects
Administration
Benefits
Density
Empirical research
European Union
Income redistribution
Labour relations
Survey data
Trade union membership
Trade unions
Unemployment
Unions
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Summary:In some EU countries the trade unions are centrally involved in the administration and distribution of unemployment benefits. This institutional relationship is held to play an important role in accounting for the relatively high level of union density in the countries concerned. However, there has been very little systematic, empirical research designed to demonstrate this alleged effect. This paper analyses a large-scale body of survey data for all the EU countries in 1993 to test for this effect, with the results strongly confirming the role and strength of this institutional relationship.
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ISSN:0958-5192
1466-4399
DOI:10.1080/095851998340757