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Still Penalized? Parity, Age at First Birth and Women's Income in Later Life

Hanna Jokinen-Gordon Department of Sociology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FLCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 227-241 | Published online: 03 Jul 2012

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