Seniority profiles in unionized workplaces: Do unions still have the edge?

Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 327-345

  Zangelidis, Alexandros ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43049086360     PISSN: 03059049     EISSN: 14680084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0084.2007.00495.x     Document Type: Article

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