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Why are higher education participation rates in Germany so low? Institutional barriers to higher education expansion

Justin J.W. Powell Research Unit ‘Skill Formation and Labor Markets’, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Reichpietschufer, Berlin, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Heike Solga Research Unit ‘Skill Formation and Labor Markets’, Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Reichpietschufer, Berlin, Germany
Pages 49-68 | Received 22 Jun 2010, Accepted 20 Oct 2010, Published online: 08 Dec 2010

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