Norm-based trade union membership: Evidence for Germany

German Economic Review

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 481-504

  Goerke, Laszlo ^a,b,c   Pannenberg, Markus ^b,d,e  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b IZA   (Germany)

^c CESIFO   (Germany)

^d DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

^e BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Norms; Social custom; Trade union membership

Indexed keywords

LABOR MARKET; LABOR RELATIONS; TRADE UNION; WAGE DETERMINATION;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY; WORLD;

EID: 10244264664     PISSN: 14656485     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1465-6485.2004.00118.x     Document Type: Article

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