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On the recordJanuary 8, 2009
Thus, the decline in the private-sector union membership over the post-World War II period... has been associated with an increased dispersion of pay among workers.
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Ben Bernanke
Republican · South Carolina

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Highlighting the link between union membership decline and income disparity.

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