The persistence of extreme gender segregation in the Twenty-first century

American Journal of Sociology

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 573-619

  Levanon, Asaf ^a   Grusky, David B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84988646209     PISSN: 00029602     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/688628     Document Type: Article

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