Dropout in a small society: Is the Icelandic case somehow different?

School Dropout and Completion: International Comparative Studies in Theory and Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 233-251

  Blondal, Kristjana Stella ^a   Jónasson, Jóntorfi ^a   Tannhäuser, Anne Christin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

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EID: 84860651855     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-9763-7_13     Document Type: Chapter

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