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Macrosociological applications of event history analysis: state transitions and event recurrences

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An earlier version of this paper was presented at the International Conference on Social Science Methodology Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia, June 1988. Preparation of this paper was supported by National Science Foundation grant SES-8809006, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, and the Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, Berlin. Susan Olzak made helpful criticisms of an earlier draft and provided data for one of the illustrations. Glenn R. Carroll also made helpful suggestions.

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Hannan, M.T. Macrosociological applications of event history analysis: state transitions and event recurrences. Qual Quant 23, 351–383 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00172449

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