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The problems of disadvantaged youth :

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The problems of disadvantaged youth :

[Book]

an economic perspective /

edited by Jonathan Gruber.

Chicago :

University of Chicago Press,

©2009.

1 online resource (ix, 317 pages) :

illustrations

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Introduction: what have we learned about the problems of and prospects for disadvantaged youth? / Jonathan Gruber -- 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 -- 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 -- 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 [and others] -- Neighborhood violence and urban youth / Anna Aizer.

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One of the most important public policy issues in the United States is how to improve the life prospects of disadvantaged youth who, in their formative years, face low-quality school systems, poor access to health care, and high-crime environments. The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth includes a broad range of research examining various aspects of disadvantage, and ways of increasing the ability of low-income youths to improve their circumstances later in life. Taking an empirical economics perspective, the nine essays in this volume assess the causal impacts of disadvantage on youth outcomes.

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Problems of disadvantaged youth.

9780226309453

Poor youth-- Education-- United States.

Poor youth-- Health and hygiene-- United States.

Poor youth-- United States-- Social conditions.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Security.

POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Social Services & Welfare.

Poor youth-- Social conditions.

United States.

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POL-- 027000

Gruber, Jonathan.

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