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Progress through school and the determinants of school dropout in South Africa

Nicola BransonPostdoctoral fellow, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, 3 Floor, Economics Building, Middle Campus, University of Cape Town, 7700Cape Town, South Africa.Correspondence[email protected]
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Clare HofmeyrResearcher, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, School of Economics, University of Cape Town, Cape Twon, South Africa.
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David LamProfessor, Department of Economics, University of Michigan and Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, USA.
Pages 106-126 | Published online: 17 Dec 2013

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