- Additional Authors
- Gruber, Jonathan.
- Description
- 1 online resource (ix, 317 p.) : ill.
- Series Statement
- A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
- Uniform Title
- Problems of disadvantaged youth (Online)
- National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2009003454
- OCLC
- ssj0000341827
- Title
The problems of disadvantaged youth [electronic resource] : an economic perspective / edited by Jonathan Gruber.
- Imprint
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2009.
- Series
A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruber, Jonathan.