Once were farmers: Occupation, social mobility, and mortality during industrialization in Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec 1840-1971

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 429-440

  Gagnon, Alain ^a   Tremblay, Marc ^b   Vézina, Hélène ^b   Seabrook, Jamie A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À CHICOUTIMI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Event history analysis; Fundamental social causes; Industrialization; Longevity; Mortality; Occupation

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051784585     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2011.05.008     Document Type: Article

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