New estimates of union wage effects in the U.S.

Economics Letters

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-202

  Gittleman, Maury ^a   Pierce, Brooks ^a  

^a BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Union wage premium

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EID: 34047254337     PISSN: 01651765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.econlet.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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