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The Debunker.(Brief article)

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The CW has it that 21st-century women work harder than men. Their purported longer combined working hours--at home and in the office--has provided plenty of ammunition to fire at supposedly lazy men.

New research shows that men around the world might actually be pulling their weight. Three economists--Michael Burda of Humboldt University in Berlin, Daniel Amermesh of the University of Texas and Philippe Weil of the Free University in Brussels--surveyed the work habits ...

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