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Comparison of Occupational Segregation in East Asia: Analyzing the Structure of Segregation by Educational Background and Gender

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This work was also supported by JSPS KAKENHI Grant Number 19J10029, 22J00250.

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Kuwana, Y. (2024). Comparison of Occupational Segregation in East Asia: Analyzing the Structure of Segregation by Educational Background and Gender. In: Nakao, K. (eds) Multidimensional Aspects of Occupational Segregation . Behaviormetrics: Quantitative Approaches to Human Behavior, vol 18. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8513-5_6

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