Occupational self-selection of European emigrants: Evidence from nineteenth-century Hesse-Cassel

European Review of Economic History

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 365-394

  Wegge, Simone A ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 85012569900     PISSN: 13614916     EISSN: 14740044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1361491602000175     Document Type: Article

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