"She has suddenly become powerful": Youth employment and household decision making in the early twentieth century

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 414-438

  Moehling, Carolyn M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EMPLOYMENT; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; TWENTIETH CENTURY; YOUNG POPULATION;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 33644587702     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050705000148     Document Type: Article

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