Hong, Sok Chul - In: The Journal of Economic History 71 (2011) 03, pp. 654-671
Using longitudinal data linked to the 1850 and 1860 U.S. federal census manuscript schedules, this article examines the effect of migration to high-risk malaria counties on real estate wealth accumulation. Although the migrants recognized the risk of malaria, they still migrated to malarial...