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What Explains Wage Gaps between Farm and City? Exploring the Todaro Model with American Evidence, 1890-1941

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  • Hatton, Timothy J
  • Williamson, Jeffrey G

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  • Hatton, Timothy J & Williamson, Jeffrey G, 1992. "What Explains Wage Gaps between Farm and City? Exploring the Todaro Model with American Evidence, 1890-1941," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 40(2), pages 267-294, January.
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    DOI: 10.1086/451940
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