Girl power: The European marriage pattern and labour markets in the North Sea region in the late medieval and early modern period

Economic History Review

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-33

  De Moor, Tine ^a   Van Zanden, Jan Luiten ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; LABOR MARKET; MARRIAGE; MEDIEVAL;

EUROPE;

EID: 72649088961     PISSN: 00130117     EISSN: 14680289     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0289.2009.00483.x     Document Type: Article

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