The determinants of wealth and asset holding in nineteenth-century Canada: Evidence from microdata

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 907-934

  Di Matteo, Livio ^a  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTARY SOURCE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL STUDY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WEALTH DETERMINANTS;

CANADA;

EID: 0031419734     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0022050700019586     Document Type: Article

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