Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries

Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen, Editors, Panel on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries, National Research Council

• 1 Front Matter; 2 1 Introduction--Cynthia B. Lloyd, Jere R. Behrman, Nelly P. Stromquist, and Barney Cohen; 3 2 Changing Contexts in Which Youth Are Transitioning to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Converging Toward Developed Economies?--Jere R. Behrman and Piyali Sengupta; 4 3 Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil--David A. Lam and Leticia Marteleto; 5 4 Progress Toward Education for All: Trends and Current Challenges for sub-Saharan Africa--Paul C. Hewett and Cynthia B. Lloyd; 6 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; 7 6 Marriage Patterns in Rural India: Influence of Sociocultural Context--Shireen J. Jejeebhoy and Shiva S. Halli; 8 7 Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets from Six Developing Countries--Agnes R. Quisumbing and Kelly Hallman; 9 8 Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Reform-Era China--Emily Hannum and Jihong Liu; 10 9 Growing Up in Pakistan: The Separate Experiences of Males and Females--Cynthia B. Lloyd and Monica J. Grant; 11 10 Multilevel Modeling of Influences on Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries with Special Reference to Cameroon--Barthelemy Kuate-Defo; 12 11 Assessing the Economic Returns to Investing in Youth in Developing Countries--James C. Knowles and Jere R. Behrman; 13 Appendix Contents Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries