The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980 - 2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis?

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The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980 - 2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis? / Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2006. (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 31).

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Schnabel, C & Wagner, J 2006 'The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980 - 2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis?' Working paper series in economics, Nr. 31, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Schnabel, C., & Wagner, J. (2006). The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980 - 2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis? (Working paper series in economics; Nr. 31). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Schnabel C, Wagner J. The persistent decline in unionization in western and eastern Germany, 1980 - 2004: What can we learn from a decomposition analysis? Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2006. (Working paper series in economics; 31).

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