Union density and varieties of coverage: The anatomy of union wage effects in Germany

Industrial and Labor Relations Review

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 169-197

  Fitzenberger, Bernd ^a   Kohn, Karsten ^b   Lembcke, Alexander C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

^b Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau in Frankfurt KfW   (Germany)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Collective bargaining coverage; Linked employer employee data; Quantile regression; Structure of Earnings Survey; Union density; Wage structure

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874032137     PISSN: 00197939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/001979391306600107     Document Type: Article

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