Growth, Distribution, and Demography: Some Lessons from History

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 241-271

  Williamson, Jeffrey G ^a  

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EID: 0037686837     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1998.0701     Document Type: Article

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