Family structure, school attendance, and child labor in the American South in 1900 and 1910

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-100

  Moehling, Carolyn M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0346499345     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2003.07.001     Document Type: Article

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