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Does Women’s Labor Force Participation Reduce Domestic Violence? Evidence from Jordan

Jana LenzeGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073Göttingen, Germany, e-mail: [email protected]View further author information
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Stephan KlasenGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen, Faculty of Economic Sciences, Platz der Göttinger Sieben 3, 37073Göttingen, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1-29 | Published online: 07 Sep 2016

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