Female Labor in Jordan: A Systematic Approach to the Exclusion Puzzle
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- Semiray Kasoolu & Ricardo Hausmann & Tim O'Brien & Miguel Angel Santos, 2019. "Female Labor in Jordan: A Systematic Approach to the Exclusion Puzzle," Growth Lab Working Papers 147, Harvard's Growth Lab.
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