Measuring association populations using the Encyclopedia of Associations: Evidence from the field of labor unions

Social Science Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 771-778

  Martin, Andrew W ^a   Baumgartner, Frank R ^b   McCarthy, John D ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Labor unions; Methodology; Organization population; Selection bias

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747375152     PISSN: 0049089X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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