ISBN:
9780309096805
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (505 p)
Parallel Title:
Print version Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries : Selected Studies
DDC:
305.24209172
Keywords:
Adulthood ; Developing countries
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School-to-work transition ; Developing countries
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Young adults ; Developing countries
;
Youth ; Developing countries
;
Electronic books
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Electronic books
Abstract:
FrontMatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction--Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen -- 2 Changing Contexts in Which Youth Are Transitioning to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Toward Developed Economies?--Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta -- 3 Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil--David A. Lam and Letícia Marteleto -- 4 Progress Toward Education for All: Trends and Current Challenges for sub-Saharan Africa--Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd -- 5 Trends in the Timing of First Marriage Among Men and Women in the Developing World--Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline -- 6 Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Sociocultural Context--Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli -- 7 Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets from Six Developing Countries--Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman -- 8 Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Reform-Era China--Emily Hannum and Jihong Liu -- 9 Growing Up in Pakistan: The Separate Experiences of Males and Females--Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant -- 10 Multilevel Modeling of Influences on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Cameroon--Barthélémy Kuate-Defo -- 11 Assessing the Economic Returns to Investing in Youth in Developing Countries--James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman -- Appendix Contents Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries.
Description / Table of Contents:
""FrontMatter""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction--Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen""; ""2 Changing Contexts in Which Youth Are Transitioning to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Toward Developed Economies?--Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta""; ""3 Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil--David A. Lam and LetÃcia Marteleto""; ""4 Progress Toward Education for All: Trends and Current Challenges for sub-Saharan Africa--Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd""
Description / Table of Contents:
""5 Trends in the Timing of First Marriage Among Men and Women in the Developing World--Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline""""6 Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Sociocultural Context--Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli""; ""7 Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets from Six Developing Countries--Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman""; ""8 Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Reform-Era China--Emily Hannum and Jihong Liu""
Description / Table of Contents:
""9 Growing Up in Pakistan: The Separate Experiences of Males and Females--Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant""""10 Multilevel Modeling of Influences on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Cameroon--Barthélémy Kuate-Defo""; ""11 Assessing the Economic Returns to Investing in Youth in Developing Countries--James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman""; ""Appendix Contents Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries""
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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