With or Without U? Testing the Hypothesis of an Inverted U-Shaped Union Membership-Age Relationship
Schnabel C, Wagner J (2012)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article
Publication year: 2012
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Publisher: University of Finance and Management, Warsaw
Book Volume: 6
Pages Range: 28-34
Journal Issue: 4
Abstract
In this note, we apply a new test by Lind and Mehlum (2010), casting doubt on the claim proposed by Blanchflower (2007) that the probability of unionisation follows an inverted U-shaped pattern in age with a maximum in the mid- to late 40s. With this new test for an inverted U-shaped pattern, which has not been applied to the age-membership nexus before, and by constructing exact confidence intervals for the maximum value, we demonstrate that - at least with respect to West Germany - Blanchflower's hypothesis does not hold. Our findings suggest that more definitive evidence is needed before the existence of international unionisation-age patterns can be taken for granted.
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APA:
Schnabel, C., & Wagner, J. (2012). With or Without U? Testing the Hypothesis of an Inverted U-Shaped Union Membership-Age Relationship. Contemporary Economics, 6(4), 28-34. https://dx.doi.org/10.5709/ce.1897-9254.65
MLA:
Schnabel, Claus, and Joachim Wagner. "With or Without U? Testing the Hypothesis of an Inverted U-Shaped Union Membership-Age Relationship." Contemporary Economics 6.4 (2012): 28-34.
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