Culture as Learning: The Evolution of Female Labor Force Participation Over a Century

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• Publication year

  2013

• Venue

  The American Economic Review

• Publication date

  2013-02-01

• Fields of study

  Sociology, Economics

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  DOI 10.1257/AER.103.1.472
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