Choice or constraint? Women’s weekly working hours in comparative perspective
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Sociologia, Problemas e Práticas
سال: 1970
ISSN: 2182-7907,0873-6529
DOI: 10.7458/spp2013722616