Institutions and wage determination: A multi-country approach

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 435-466

  Nunziata, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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EID: 23744493197     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2005.00127.x     Document Type: Article

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