Unionized workers tend to be less satisfied with their jobs than their non‐union counterparts. Despite 40 years of research that has sought to explain this phenomenon, the causes of this relationship are not fully understood. Drawing on nationally representative panel data from the UK, this study uses quasi‐experimental methods to compare how the job satisfaction of union members and their non‐union counterparts changes in response to an exogenous event. Results suggest that working conditions rather than the behaviour of unions are the more likely cause of union member job dissatisfaction.

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工会会导致工作不满吗？来自英国准实验的证据

与未加入工会的工人相比，加入工会的工人往往对自己的工作不太满意。尽管进行了 40 年的研究试图解释这种现象，但尚未完全了解这种关系的原因。本研究利用来自英国的具有全国代表性的面板数据，使用准实验方法来比较工会成员和非工会同行的工作满意度如何随着外生事件而变化。结果表明，工作条件而不是工会的行为更可能是工会成员对工作不满的原因。