Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions

Joachim Wagner; Claus Schnabel; Thorsten Schank; John T. Addison

Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions

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Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity : evidence from quantile regressions. / Wagner, Joachim; Schnabel, Claus; Schank, Thorsten et al.

Lüneburg : Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, 2004. (Arbeitsbericht; Nr. 328).

Publikation: Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere und Berichte › Arbeits- oder Diskussionspapiere

Harvard

Wagner, J, Schnabel, C, Schank, T & Addison, JT 2004 'Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions' Arbeitsbericht, Nr. 328, Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Wagner, J., Schnabel, C., Schank, T., & Addison, J. T. (2004). Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions. (Arbeitsbericht; Nr. 328). Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg.

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Wagner J, Schnabel C, Schank T, Addison JT. Works councils, labor productivity and plant heterogeneity: evidence from quantile regressions. Lüneburg: Fachbereich Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften der Universität Lüneburg. 2004. (Arbeitsbericht; 328).

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