Post-1500 population flows and the long-run determinants of economic growth and inequality

Quarterly Journal of Economics

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1627-1682

  Putterman, Louis ^a   Weil, David N ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649868072     PISSN: 00335533     EISSN: 15314650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/qjec.2010.125.4.1627     Document Type: Article

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