Labor unions and productivity: An empirical analysis using Japanese firm-level data

Labour Economics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1030-1037

  Morikawa, Masayuki ^a  

^a TRADE AND INDUSTRY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Labor union; Part time worker; Productivity; Profitability; Wage

Indexed keywords

EID: 78149477891     PISSN: 09275371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.labeco.2010.02.009     Document Type: Article

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