Union Decline in Britain: Does Gender Have Anything to Do with It

Haile, Getinet

Abstract

The paper examines whether gender dynamics contributed to the decline of unions. To this end, it reviews different strands of the literature and conducts empirical analyses using data from WERS. The results obtained confirm that men have been deserting unions and that there is an inverse link between membership and the share of women in the workplace. The paper ponders if better management of gender relations may contribute to unions' renewal.

Citation

Haile, G. (2017). Union Decline in Britain: Does Gender Have Anything to Do with It. Scottish Journal of Political Economy, 64(1), 25-49. doi:10.1111/sjpe.12116

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Dec 18, 2015
• Online Publication Date: Feb 15, 2016
• Publication Date: Feb 1, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 25, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 27, 2019
• Print ISSN: 0036-9292
• Publisher: Wiley
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 64
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 25-49
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12116
• Keywords: Workplace gender composition, Union decline, employer-employee data, Britain; JEL classification: J16, J51, J82; 2
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1583743
• Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/sjpe.12116
• Additional Information: This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Haile, G. A. (2017), Union decline in Britain: does gender have anything to do with it?. Scott J Polit Econ, 64: 25-49, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/sjpe.12116. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.