Enabling or promoting gender equality though parental leave policies
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Parental leave policies and parents' employment and leave-taking.
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عنوان ژورنال: Revista Española de Sociología
سال: 2018
ISSN: 1578-2824,1578-2824
DOI: 10.22325/fes/res.2018.36