Join the Union and Be Safe: The Effects of Unionization on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union

Athina Economou; Ioannis Theodossiou

doi:10.1111/labr.12048

Join the Union and Be Safe: The Effects of Unionization on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union

Athina Economou, Ioannis Theodossiou

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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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	127-140
Number of pages	14
Journal	Labour
Volume	29
Issue number	2
Early online date	14 Apr 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/labr.12048
Publication status	Published - Jun 2015

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This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Economou, A & Theodossiou, I 2015, 'Join the Union and Be Safe: The Effects of Unionization on Occupational Safety and Health in the European Union' Labour, vol 29, no. 2, pp. 127-140., which has been published in final form at 10.1111/labr.12048. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
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