Has globalisation really had no effect on unions?

Kyklos

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 165-186

  Dreher, Axel ^a   Gaston, Noel ^b  

^a KOF SWISS ECONOMIC INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^b BOND UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBALIZATION; LABOR MARKET; OECD; SKILLED LABOR; TRADE UNION;

EID: 34247608836     PISSN: 00235962     EISSN: 14676435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6435.2007.00367.x     Document Type: Article

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