Gender Aspects of Income Distribution and Poverty in Turkey

2012-01-01
Dayıoğlu Tayfur, Meltem
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M. Dayıoğlu Tayfur, Gender Aspects of Income Distribution and Poverty in Turkey. 2012, p. 86.
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