Wage inequality, collective bargaining, and relative employment from 1985 to 1994: Evidence from fifteen oecd countries

Review of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 564-579

  Kahn, Lawrence M ^a  

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EID: 0034356946     PISSN: 00346535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/003465300559055     Document Type: Article

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