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| Author: | Böckerman, P. Uusitalo, R. |
| Title: | Erosion of the ghent system and union membership decline: lessons from Finland |
| Journal: | British Journal of Industrial Relations
2006 : JUN, VOL. 44:2, p. 283-303 |
| Index terms: | labour markets trade unions unemployment insurance |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | This article investigates the reasons behind the decline of union density in less than 10 years. The results suggest that the changes in the composition of the labour force and the changes in the labour market explain only about a quarter of this decline. It is shown that the main reason for the decline is the erosion of the Ghent system, due to the emergence of an independent unemployment insurance fund that provides unemployment insurance without requiring union memebership. It is also found that the decline in the union density can be attributed to the declining inclination of the cohorts born after the early 1960s to become union members. |
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