Labor unions and the distribution of wages and employment in South Africa

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 680-703

  Paul Schultz, T ^a   Mwabu, Germano ^a  

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DOI: 10.1177/001979399805100407     Document Type: Article

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