Globalization and declining unionization in the United States

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 329-346

  Slaughter, Matthew J ^a  

^a NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPITAL FORMATION; CORRELATION; DEMAND ANALYSIS; ECONOMETRICS; ECONOMIC INTEGRATION; EMPLOYMENT; FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENT; GLOBAL ECONOMY; GLOBALIZATION; PRIVATE SECTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947216568     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00470.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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