Decentralization of collective agreements and rising wage inequality in Israel

Industrial Relations

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 613-635

  Kristal, Tali ^a   Cohen, Yinon ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE ACTION; DECENTRALIZATION; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; MACROECONOMICS; PRIVATE SECTOR; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TRADE AGREEMENT; WAGE GAP;

ASIA; EURASIA; ISRAEL; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34249653396     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2007.00482.x     Document Type: Article

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