Small families and large cohorts: The impact of the demographic transition on schooling in Brazil

The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 56-83

  Lam, David A ^a   Marteleto, Letícia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

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EID: 84983365498     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11524     Document Type: Chapter

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