Labor Union Membership and Voting Behavior: New Data for an Old Question.

• In Event: Electoral Behavior

Brief Overview

Based on a new dataset on union membership at the subnational level in Western Europe, we provide evidence on the relationship between labor union strength and voting behavior, in particular the success of the radical right among manual workers.

Authors

• Massimo Anelli, Bocconi University

• Italo Colantone, Bocconi University

• Piero Stanig, Bocconi University