Time on the ladder: Career mobility in agriculture, 1890-1938

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1058-1081

  Alston, Lee J ^a,b   Ferrie, Joseph P ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; FARMERS ATTITUDE; NINETEENTH CENTURY; RACE; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ARKANSAS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 30444457570     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705000409     Document Type: Article

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