Centralised wage bargaining and structural change in Sweden

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 331-363

  Alexopoulos, Michelle ^a   Cohen, Jon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 1642291422     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1361491603000121     Document Type: Review

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