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Fernando Reimers (Venezuela). For a biographical note about the author, see page 481.
I am grateful to my colleagues Noel McGinn, Richard Murnane and Gary Orfield, who provided comments and suggestions on a draft of this paper.
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Reimers, F. Educational opportunities for low-income families in Latin America. Prospects 29, 535–549 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02736903
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02736903