Welfare state and labor mobility: The impact of Bismarck's Social Legislation on German Emigration before World War I

Journal of Economic History

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 211-243

  Khoudour Castéras, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD EXTERNADO DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EMIGRATION; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INSURANCE SYSTEM; LABOR MIGRATION; LABOR MOBILITY; POST-WAR; WAGE; WELFARE IMPACT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GERMANY;

EID: 40349091829     PISSN: 00220507     EISSN: 14716372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022050708000077     Document Type: Article

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