Are union wage differentials in the United States falling?

Industrial Relations

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 390-418

  Blackburn, McKinley L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENDER DISPARITY; TRADE UNION; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 44349162354     PISSN: 00198676     EISSN: 1468232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-232X.2008.00526.x     Document Type: Article

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