New deal or no deal in the Cotton South: The effect of the AAA on the agricultural labor structure

Explorations in Economic History

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 466-486

  Depew, Briggs ^a   Fishback, Price V ^b   Rhode, Paul W ^c  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Discrimination; New deal; Share tenancy

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885909395     PISSN: 00144983     EISSN: 10902457     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eeh.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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