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- Industrial Nation
- United Nations Development Programme
- Labor Force Participation Rate
- Female Labor Force Participation
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Dunn, D., Skaggs, S. (2006). Gender and Paid Work in Industrial Nations. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_15
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