What Do Unions Do? - The 2004 M-brane stringtwister edition

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 641-668

  Freeman, Richard B ^a,b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 33644745335     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12122-005-1003-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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