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Rosenbaum, J.E., Jones, S.A. (2000). Interactions between High Schools and Labor Markets. In: Hallinan, M.T. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Education. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Boston, MA . https://doi.org/10.1007/0-387-36424-2_19
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