Migration and Economic Opportunity in the 1910s: New Evidence on African-American Occupational Mobility in the North

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 147-165

  Maloney, Thomas N ^a  

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Author keywords

Migration; African American; inequality; mobility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041405835     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/exeh.2000.0760     Document Type: Article

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