Determinants of trade union membership

International Handbook of Trade Unions

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 13-43

  Schnabel, Claus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

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DOI: 10.4337/9781781009574.00006     Document Type: Chapter

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