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Paula England, Melissa S. Herbert, Barbara Stanek Kilbourne, Lori L. Reid, Lori McCreary Megdal, The Gendered Valuation of Occupations and Skills: Earnings in 1980 Census Occupations, Social Forces, Vol. 73, No. 1 (Sep., 1994), pp. 65-100
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