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The social stratification of the German VET system

Paula ProtschWZB – Berlin Social Science Center, Research Unit “Skill Formation and Labor Markets”, Berlin,Germany
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Heike SolgaWZB – Berlin Social Science Center, Research Unit “Skill Formation and Labor Markets”, Berlin,Germany;Institute of Sociology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin,GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 637-661 | Received 13 Nov 2014, Accepted 18 Feb 2015, Published online: 27 Mar 2015

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