Do unions affect labor's share of income: Evidence using panel data

American Journal of Economics and Sociology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 784-810

  Fichtenbaum, Rudy ^a  

^a WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79960156762     PISSN: 00029246     EISSN: 15367150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1536-7150.2011.00792.x     Document Type: Article

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