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Gender roles in Keynes’ predictions: Progress or stagnation?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 March 2025

Makai A. Ruffin*
Affiliation:
Rice University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Houston, USA
Karyssa A. Courey
Affiliation:
Rice University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Houston, USA
Margaret E. Beier
Affiliation:
Rice University, Department of Psychological Sciences, Houston, USA
*
Corresponding author: Makai A. Ruffin; Email: mar24@rice.edu

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