What has happened to union recognition in Britain?

Economica

Volumn 63, Issue 249, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Disney, Richard ^a,b   Gosling, Amanda ^a   Machin, Stephen ^c  

^a QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR FISCAL STUDIES   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0040647528     PISSN: 00130427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2554631     Document Type: Article

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