Health, Human Capital, and African American Migration Before 1910
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- Logan, Trevon D., 2009. "Health, human capital, and African-American migration before 1910," Explorations in Economic History, Elsevier, vol. 46(2), pages 169-185, April.
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JEL classification:
- I1 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health
- I2 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education
- J1 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics
- J2 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-AFR-2008-06-07 (Africa)
- NEP-HEA-2008-06-07 (Health Economics)
- NEP-HIS-2008-06-07 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
- NEP-HRM-2008-06-07 (Human Capital and Human Resource Management)
- NEP-LAB-2008-06-07 (Labour Economics)
- NEP-MIG-2008-06-07 (Economics of Human Migration)
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