Join the union and be safe: the effects of unionization on occupational safety and health in the European Union
Economou, Athina ; Theodossiou, Ioannis
Labour. Review of Labour Economics and Industrial Relations
2015
29
2
June
127-140
occupational accidents ; occupational injury ; occupational safety and health ; trade unionization
Occupational safety and health
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/labr.12048
English
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"This paper investigates the effect of unionization on occupational safety and health, as measured by the fatal and non-fatal work accidents, after controlling for the country's gross domestic product. It uses a panel sample of 10 European Union countries, for the period 1982–2006. The study takes into account the time persistence in work injuries and the endogenous nature of the work injuries–union density relationship. In addition, the effect of union density is decomposed into a temporary and permanent effect. It is shown that increasing union density is associated with a decrease in the number of both fatal and non-fatal work injuries."
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