Caste, Female Labor Supply, and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited
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Caste, Female Labor Supply and the Gender Wage Gap in India: Boserup Revisited
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Economic Development and Cultural Change
سال: 2017
ISSN: 0013-0079,1539-2988
DOI: 10.1086/689352