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SYMPOSIUM

Occupational, Marital, and Life-Cycle Determinants of Women's Labor Force Participation in Mid Nineteenth-Century Rural France

Pages 97-119 | Received 11 Jan 2012, Accepted 02 Oct 2012, Published online: 08 Nov 2012

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