Do unions help or hinder women in training? Apprenticeship programs in the United States

Industrial Relations

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 600-624

  Berik, Günseli ^a   Bilginsoy, Cihan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; TRADE UNION; TRAINING; WOMENS EMPLOYMENT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033792495     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/0019-8676.00185     Document Type: Article

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