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Mortimer, J.T., Krüger, H. (2000). Pathways from School to Work in Germany and the United States. In: Hallinan, M.T. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Education. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_22

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