The (parlous) state of German unions

Journal of Labor Research

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Addison, John T ^a,b,c   Schnabel, Claus ^d   Wagner, Joachim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c IZA ^*  (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^e LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 33847725435     PISSN: 01953613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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