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War-Driven Permanent Emigration, Sex Ratios, and Female Labor Force Participation

Ana Rute Cardoso and Louis-Philippe Morin
Published online before print October 06, 2023, 0522-12339R2; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3368/jhr.0522-12339R2
Ana Rute Cardoso
Ana Rute Cardoso is a Research Professor at the Instituto de Ciências Sociais at Universidade de Lisboa,
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Louis-Philippe Morin is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa,
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