The problems of disadvantaged youth : an economic perspective /

Other Authors: Gruber, Jonathan
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
Series:A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
Subjects:
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245 4 |a The problems of disadvantaged youth :  |b an economic perspective /  |c edited by Jonathan Gruber. 
260 4 |a Chicago :  |b The University of Chicago Press,  |c 2009. 
300 4 |a ix, 317 p. :  |b ill. ;  |c 24 cm. 
490 1 4 |a A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report 
504 1 4 |a Includes bibliographical references and indexes. 
505 1 4 |a Introduction: what have we learned about the problems of and prospects for disadvantaged youth? / Jonathan Gruber -- Education : the behavioral consequences of pre-kindergarten participation for disadvantaged youth / David Figlio and Jeffrey Roth -- Is gaining access to selective elementary schools gaining ground? : evidence from randomized lotteries / Julie Berry Cullen and Brian A. Jacob -- Would more compulsory schooling help disadvantaged youth? : evidence from recent changes to school-leaving laws / Philip Oreopoulos -- Health and healthy behaviors : mental health in childhood and human capital / Janet Currie and Mark Stabile -- Childhood disadvantage and obesity : is nurture trumping nature? / Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach -- Socioeconomic disadvantage and early childbearing / Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine -- Contextual influences : parental income shocks and outcomes of disadvantaged youth in the United States / Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens, and Jason Lindo -- The role of religious and social organizations in the lives of disadvantaged youth / Rajeev Dehejia, Thomas Deleire, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Josh Mitchell -- Neighborhood violence and urban youth / Anna Aizer. 
650 1 4 |a Poor youth  |x Social conditions.  |z United States 
650 1 4 |a Poor youth  |x Education  |z United States. 
650 1 4 |a Poor youth  |x Health and hygiene  |z United States. 
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