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An earlier version of this paper was drafted while Western was a visiting fellow at the Russell Sage Foun-dation, New York. Useful comments on the earlier version were received from participants in workshops at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Harvard University, McGill University, Princeton University, and the University of Chicago.
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Farber, H.S., Western, B. Accounting for the Decline of Unions in the Private Sector, 1973–1998. J Labor Res 22, 459–485 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12122-001-1017-8
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