Regional Wage Gaps and the Settlement of the Midwest

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 128-143

  Margo, Robert A ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0013374127     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1999.0714     Document Type: Article

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