Changes in occupational earnings along the U.S.-Mexico border between 1900 and 1920

Journal of Economic Issues

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1043-1059

  Mora, Marie T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

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EID: 29844449475     PISSN: 00213624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00213624.2005.11506866     Document Type: Review

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