Wages and the bargaining regime under multi-level bargaining: Belgium, Denmark and Spain

European Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 161-180

  Plasman, Robert ^a,b   Rusinek, Michael ^a   Rycx, Franois ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b Université Libre de Bruxelles ^*  (Belgium)

^c Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining; Manufacturing industry; Trade unions; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250304306     PISSN: 09596801     EISSN: 14617129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0959680107078251     Document Type: Article

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