Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany

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Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany. / Schnabel, Claus; Wagner, Joachim.
Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, 2005. (Working paper series in economics; No. 12).

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Schnabel, C & Wagner, J 2005 'Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany' Working paper series in economics, no. 12, Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg, Lüneburg.

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Schnabel, C., & Wagner, J. (2005). Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany. (Working paper series in economics; No. 12). Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg.

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Schnabel C, Wagner J. Who are the workers who never joined a union? empirical evidence from Germany. Lüneburg: Institut für Volkswirtschaftslehre der Universität Lüneburg. 2005. (Working paper series in economics; 12).

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