The one-child policy and school attendance in China

Comparative Education Review

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 471-495

  Yang, Juhua ^a  

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EID: 35549008546     PISSN: 00104086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/520858     Document Type: Review

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