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Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation

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  • Groot, L.M.J.

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  • Borghans, L. & Groot, L.M.J., 1999. "Educational presorting as a cause of occupational segregation," ROA Research Memorandum 3E, Maastricht University, Research Centre for Education and the Labour Market (ROA).
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