Migration and human capital: Self-selection of indentured servants to the Americas

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 882-905

  Abramitzky, Ran ^a   Braggion, Fabio ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC HISTORY; EIGHTEENTH CENTURY; HUMAN CAPITAL; MIGRATION;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947577213     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050706000362     Document Type: Article

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