Did globalization reduce unionization? Evidence from US manufacturing

Labour Economics

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 705-726

  Magnani, Elisabetta ^a   Prentice, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Globalization; Manufacturing; Quasi rents; Technological change; Unionization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344082195     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-5371(03)00071-X     Document Type: Article

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