Union membership and job satisfaction: Initial evidence from French linked employer–employee data
利用2011年法国REPONSE调查数据，通过双变量probit模型处理反向因果问题，发现工会会员最初满意度较低，但控制内生性后差异消失，这源于不同集体协议覆盖下的选择效应和工会发声功能。
A number of contradictory theoretical hypotheses have been advanced about the relationship between unionisation and job satisfaction. In this article, new evidence of the effects of unionisation on job satisfaction is presented using French linked employer–employee data from the 2011 REPONSE Survey. A bivariate probit model is estimated to deal with the reverse causation issue that many previous studies have failed to account for. The results indicate that union members are less satisfied with their jobs than non‐members, even after taking into account certain individual characteristics, job attributes and workplace characteristics. However, after controlling for endogeneity of union membership, we find that the difference in job satisfaction between unionised and non‐unionised workers disappears because of a selection effect in workplaces covered only by a national/sectoral collective agreement and attributable to a causal effect arising from union's voice function in workplaces covered by a local agreement.