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Persell, C.H., James, C., Kang, T., Snyder, K. (2006). Gender and Education in Global Perspective. In: Handbook of the Sociology of Gender. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36218-5_19
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