From mill town to board room: The rise of women's paid labor

Journal of Economic Perspectives

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 101-122

  Costa, Dora L ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001523808     PISSN: 08953309     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1257/jep.14.4.101     Document Type: Review

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