Unionism and poverty-level wages in the service sector: the case of Nevada's hotel-casino industry

Unionism and poverty-level wages in the service sector: the case of Nevada's hotel-casino industry

A significant union presence in Las Vegas's hotel-casino industry juxtaposed to the near absence of union representation in Reno provides a unique setting to assess the impact of unions on the incidence poverty-level wages among workers in a highprofile, expanding service sector industry. Resul...

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Veröffentlicht in:Applied economics letters 2001-03, Vol.8 (3), p.163-167
1. Verfasser: Waddoups, C. Jeffrey
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