Organizational determinants of wage moderation

World Politics

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 594-635

  Baccaro, Lucio ^a   Simoni, Marco ^a  

^a British Academy   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; INSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK; LABOR PARTICIPATION; LABOR PRODUCTIVITY; ORGANIZATIONAL FRAMEWORK; POLITICAL ECONOMY; TRADE UNION; WAGE DETERMINATION; WAGE GAP;

IRELAND; ITALY;

EID: 78650373260     PISSN: 00438871     EISSN: 10863338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0043887110000201     Document Type: Article

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