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Vocational Secondary Education, Tracking, and Social Stratification

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Shavit, Y., Müller, W. (2000). Vocational Secondary Education, Tracking, and Social Stratification. 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_20

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