Marginal Product of Labor and U.S. Westward Expansion

Mike Kaiman, Guillaume Vandenbroucke and Scott Wolla
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Page One Economics Newsletter, 2024

Abstract: History and economic concepts explain the westward migration of the U.S. population in the early nineteenth century.

Keywords: westward migration; United States history; economic history (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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