TY  - JOUR
AU  - Steckel,Richard H.
TI  - The Economic Foundations of East-West Migration During the Nineteenth Century
JF  - National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper Series
VL  - No. 881
PY  - 1983
Y2  - April 1983
UR  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0881
L1  - http://www.nber.org/papers/w0881.pdf
N1  - Author contact info:
Richard H. Steckel
Department of Economics
Ohio State University
410 Arps Hall, 1945 North High Street
Columbus, OH  43210-1172
Tel: 614/292-5008
Fax: 614/292-3906
E-Mail: steckel.1@osu.edu
AB  - This paper argues that latitude-specific investments in seeds and human capital provided an incentive for farmers to move along east-west lines. The incentives were greatest during the early and mid 1800s. Towards the end of the century migration patterns changed as farmers learned about farming in different environments, as settlement reached the Great Plains and beyond, and as farming declined in importance. Census manuscript schedules and Mormon family-group records form the basis for empirical work.
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