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Educational Research and Evaluation
An International Journal on Theory and Practice
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Comparing the gender gap in educational attainment: the impact of emancipatory contexts in 33 cohorts across 33 countries

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Pages 260-282 | Received 18 Apr 2016, Accepted 28 Oct 2016, Published online: 23 Nov 2016

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