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More male primary-school teachers? Social benefits for boys and girls

Kevin McGrath Faculty of Human Sciences, School of Education, Macquarie University, Sydney, AustraliaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Mark Sinclair Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, University of Technology Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pages 531-547 | Received 19 Mar 2012, Accepted 11 Feb 2013, Published online: 14 May 2013

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