African-American and white inequality in the nineteenth century American South: A biological comparison

Journal of Population Economics

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 739-755

  Carson, Scott Alan ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OF THE PERMIAN BASIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Inequality; Nineteenth century US labor relations; Stature

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349086039     PISSN: 09331433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00148-007-0167-2     Document Type: Article

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