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Articles

A Comparison of the Interplay of Public and Occupational Work‒Family Policies in Austria, Denmark, Italy and the United Kingdom

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Pages 440-457 | Received 26 May 2018, Accepted 23 Jan 2019, Published online: 13 Mar 2019

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