CHANGING LIFE PATTERNS IN WESTERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES
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ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH VOLUME 8
CHANGING LIFE PATTERNS IN WESTERN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES EDITED BY
JANET ZOLLINGER GIELE Heller School, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA
ELKE HOLST German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), Berlin, Germany
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