Gender and wages in Germany: The impact of product market competition and collective bargaining

Product Market Structure and Labor Market Discrimination

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 59-80

  Jirjahn, Uwe ^a   Stephan, Gesine ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE FOR EMPLOYMENT RESEARCH IAB   (Germany)

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