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Diverging male wage inequality in the United States and Canada, 1981-1988: do institutions explain the difference?

The U.S. and the Canadian economies have much in common, including similar collective bargaining structures. During the period 1981-88, however, although both countries witnessed a decline in the percentage of workers belonging to unions and an increase in hourly wage inequality, those changes were...

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Published in:Industrial & Labor Relations Review Vol. 50; pp. 629 - 652
Main Authors: Dinardo, John, Lemieux, Thomas
Format: Article
Published: Cornell University July 1997
Subjects:
Wage differentials
Labor union members
Nonunion employees
Wages
Labor unions
Cross-cultural studies
Mathematical models
Canada
United States
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