Institutional choice matters: The poor law and implicit labor contracts in Victorian Lancashire

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 65-85

  Kiesling, L Lynne ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON FAMINE; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDIES; LABOUR CONTRACT; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POOR LAW; PUBLIC RELIEF;

UK, ENGLAND, LANCASHIRE;

EID: 0029664353     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1996.0003     Document Type: Article

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