The Political Economy of Workers' Compensation Benefit Levels, 1910-1930

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 109-139

  Fishback, Price V ^a   Kantor, Shawn Everett ^a  

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EID: 0040681729     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.1998.0696     Document Type: Article

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