Changing contexts in which youth are transitioning to adulthood in developing countries: Converging toward developed economies?

The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 13-55

  Behrman, Jere R ^a   Sengupta, Piyali ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

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EID: 84988478549     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.17226/11524     Document Type: Chapter

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