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Migration and Economic Opportunity in the 1910s: New Evidence on African-American Occupational Mobility in the North

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  • Maloney, Thomas N., 2001. "Migration and Economic Opportunity in the 1910s: New Evidence on African-American Occupational Mobility in the North," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 38(1), pages 147-165, January.
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