The limits of equality bargaining in the USA

Journal of Industrial Relations

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 170-189

  Berg, Peter ^a   Piszczek, Matthew M ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN OSHKOSH   (United States)

Author keywords

Bargaining structure; equality bargaining; family friendly; gender

Indexed keywords

EID: 84898906288     PISSN: 00221856     EISSN: 14729296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0022185613517469     Document Type: Article

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