Gender equality and taxation in the European Union

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European Parliament: European Parliamentary Research Service: Study, April 2017: Gender equality and taxation in the European Union http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/STUD/2017/583138/IPOL_STU(2017)583138_EN.pdf

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