UNIONIZATION IN AUSTRALIA - EVIDENCE FROM THE AWIRS

This article uses workplace level data from the recent Australian Work place Industrial Relations Survey to test a simple demand and supply m odel explaining the level of union membership within Australia. The fi ndings suggest that previous research using individual-level data has understated the importance of the supply-side in influencing union mem bership. In particular, unionization levels were found to be highly se nsitive to firm size, to the number of unions represented in the workp lace and to management attitudes