Union wage effects: Does membership matter?

Manchester School

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 259-275

  Barth, Erling ^a   Raaum, Oddbjørn ^b   Naylor, Robin ^c  

^a INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Frisch Centre for Economic Research   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0006241823     PISSN: 14636786     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9957.00193     Document Type: Article

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