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Does paternity leave matter for female employment in developing economies? Evidence from firm-level data

Mohammad AminEnterprise Surveys, World Bank, Washington, DC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Asif IslamDECIG, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
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Alena SakhonchikDECIG, World Bank, Washington, DC, USA
Pages 1145-1148 | Published online: 07 Jul 2016

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