The problems of disadvantaged youth : an economic perspective / edited by Jonathan Gruber.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gruber, Jonathan.

National Bureau of Economic Research.

Series:

National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.

A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poor youth--United States--Social conditions.

Poor youth.

Poor youth--Education--United States.

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

Physical Description:

1 online resource (329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chicago ; London : University of Chicago Press, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

9786612426551

9781282426559

1282426559

9780226309477

0226309479

OCLC:

474963425