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A Submerging Labor Market Institution?Unions and the Nonwage Aspects of Work

In: Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century

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  • John DiNardo
  • Robert Valletta

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  • Thomas C. Buchmueller & John DiNardo & Robert Valletta, 2004. "A Submerging Labor Market Institution?Unions and the Nonwage Aspects of Work," NBER Chapters, in: Emerging Labor Market Institutions for the Twenty-First Century, pages 231-263, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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