Against the wind: bargaining recentralisation and wage inequality in Norway 1987-91

Economic Journal

Volumn 108, Issue 448, 1998, Pages 603-645

  Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INCOME INEQUALITY; LABOUR MARKET; WAGE LEVEL;

NORWAY;

EID: 0031783341     PISSN: 00130133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1468-0297.00306     Document Type: Article

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