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Why Do Workers Join Trade Unions?
Tanzania Economic Review
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Why Do Workers Join Trade Unions?
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| Creator |
Manda, Damiano Kulundu
Mwabu, Germano |
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| Description |
This paper uses data from manufacturing firms in Kenya to analyse the determinants of trade unionism. Matched worker-firm data from a recent Kenya manufacturing enterprise survey is used to estimate a reduced-form probit model of union membership. The results show that the likelihood of being a union member decreases with schooling; but is higher for full-time, married, and city employees. We conclude that Kenyan workers become union members to protect job tenure and to improve working conditions.Keywords: trade union membership; union density; manufacturing; Kenya.JEL Classification: J32, J51, J52
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Dar es Salaam University Press
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2020-07-06
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article |
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application/pdf
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https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/3451
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Tanzania Economic Review; Vol 9, No 2 (2019): TER
2507-7740 0856-3373 |
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eng
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https://journals.udsm.ac.tz/index.php/ter/article/view/3451/3324
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Copyright (c) 2020 Tanzania Economic Review
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