Migration and economic mobility: Wealth accumulation and occupational change among antebellum migrants and persisters

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 927-956

  Herscovici, Steven ^a  

^a Analysis Group/Economics   (United States)

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EID: 0348233312     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050700021677     Document Type: Article

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