The problems of disadvantaged youth : an economic perspective /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
The University of Chicago Press,
2009.
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| Series: | A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
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Table of Contents:
- 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.