Anders Kjellberg
Professor emeritus
Changes in union density in the Nordic countries: a presentation
Författare
Summary, in English
The aim is to explain: (1) Why union density (the share of employees affiliated to trade unions) is so high in the Nordic countries: 50-70%, in Iceland about 90%, (2) Why the rate of unionization (union density) varies between the Nordic countries, and (3) Why union density in the last 25-35 years has declined considerably in Denmark, Finland and Sweden, but not at all or only modestly in Iceland and Norway.
Avdelning/ar
- Sociologi
Publiceringsår
2024-10-24
Språk
Engelska
Fulltext
Dokumenttyp
Konferens - annat
Ämne
- Social Sciences Interdisciplinary
Nyckelord
- union density
- wage formation
- Nordic countries
- Denmark
- Finland
- Norway
- Iceland
- Sweden
- collective agreement
- blue-collar worker
- white-collar union
- Ghent system
- unemployment insurance
- income insurance
- Nordic model
- Swedish model
- labour market model
- employers' associations
- immigrant worker
- business cycle
- tax reduction
- working life criminality
- directly affiliated to union unemployment fund
- union package
- union membership
- rate of unionization
- Nordregio
- Sociology
- yellow union
- fixed-term job
- foreign-born
- self regulation
- state regulation
- extension of collective agreements
Conference name
Wage formation in the Nordic Countries
Conference date
2024-10-24 - 2024-10-24
Conference place
Stockholm, Sweden
Aktiv
Published
Projekt
- Trade Unions in Europe (27 EU countries)
- Den svenska modellen: fack, arbetsgivare och kollektivavtal