The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries : selected studies /

"Serving as a companion to Growing Up Global, this book from the National Research Council explores how the transition to adulthood is changing in developing countries in light of globalization and what the implications of these changes might be for those responsible for designing youth policie...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autores Corporativos: National Research Council (U.S.). Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries, National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Population
Otros Autores: Lloyd, Cynthia B., 1943-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2005.
Temas:
Young adults > Developing countries.
Youth > Developing countries.
Adulthood > Developing countries.
School-to-work transition > Developing countries.
Jeunes adultes > Pays en voie de développement.
Jeunesse > Pays en voie de développement.
Adultes > Pays en voie de développement.
Transition école-travail > Pays en voie de développement.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
Adulthood
School-to-work transition
Young adults
Youth
Erwachsenwerden
Developing countries
Entwicklungsländer
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 5 Trends in the Timing of First Marriage Among Men and Women in the Developing World
  • Barbara S. Mensch, Susheela Singh, and John B. Casterline6 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. Grant10 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

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