Union wage premiums in Great Britain: Coverage or membership?

Labour Economics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 53-71

  Koevoets, Wim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Coverage; Membership; Union wage premium

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750952054     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2004.12.001     Document Type: Article

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