When the levee breaks: Black migration and economic development in the American South

American Economic Review

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 963-990

  Hornbeck, Richard ^a   Naidu, Suresh ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84896992905     PISSN: 00028282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/aer.104.3.963     Document Type: Article

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