Have we put an end to social promotion? Changes in school progress among children aged 6 to 17 from 1972 to 2005

Demography

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 719-740

  Frederick, Carl B ^a   Hauser, Robert M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

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EID: 57049116605     PISSN: 00703370     EISSN: 15337790     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1353/dem.0.0015     Document Type: Article

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