Patronage and public-sector wages in 1896

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 424-446

  Troesken, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; WAGE;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 0032704476     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700022890     Document Type: Article

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