Search Results - subject:"Young People"

Understanding the educational attainment polygenic index and its interactions with SES in determining health in young adulthood

Bolyard, Atticus; Savelyev, Peter A. - 2024

Based on the sample of The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health), we investigate the formation of health capital and the role played by genetic endowments, parental SES, and education. To measure genetic endowments we take advantage of the new availability of...

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Breastfeeding and child development outcomes across early childhood and adolescence : doubly robust estimation with machine learning

Khudri, Md Mohsan; Hussey, Andrew - 2024

Using data from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics, we estimate the impact of breastfeeding initiation and duration on multiple cognitive, health, and behavioral outcomes spanning early childhood through adolescence. To mitigate the potential bias from misspecification, we employ a doubly robust...

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To leave or not to leave : the role of aspirations and networks in shaping young women’s migration decisions in Lebanon

Moukaddem, Karine; Dovis, Marion; Kass-Hanna, Josephine; … - 2024

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From coal to chlorophyll : identifying green job opportunities for youth during South Africa’s just transition

Hill, Robert; Neethling, Leigh; Oosthuizen, Morné - 2024

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University expansion and female adolescents' educational attainment in Ethiopia

Ahmed, Musa Hasen Ahmed - In: Empirical economics : a quarterly journal of the … 67 (2024) 2, pp. 417-448

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Examining the impact of parental education and socio-demographic factors on career aspirations in adolescent students in Delhi NCR, India : a cross-sectional study

Pandey, Praveen Kumar; Pandey, Prashant Kumar; Mahajan, … - In: Cogent business & management 11 (2024) 1, pp. 1-17

The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that influence career aspirations in students, including the role of university, gender, and parental education. The research methodology involved analyzing the attitudes of students at four universities in India using a closed-ended...

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The changing social worlds of 13-year-olds

Smyth, Emer - 2024

, growing digitalisation and the disruption of the pandemic to all aspects of young people's lives. Changes were also evident in … the profile of young people and their families, with increasing cultural diversity, higher education levels among parents … extent do any such changes reflect differences in the family characteristics of the young people? 3. Are any such changes …

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On the stability of norms and norm-following propensity : a cross-cultural panel study with adolescents

Kimbrough, Erik O.; Krupka, Erin L.; Kumar, Rajnish; … - In: Experimental economics : a journal of the Economic … 27 (2024) 2, pp. 351-378

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NESC50: a thriving Ireland : the views of young people on policy priorities and participation : a report for NESC by young people facilitated by the National Participation Office,...

2024

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Never Too Young to Dream Big : Measuring Youth Aspirations in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Costa, Valentina; Contreras, Ivette; Palacios-Lopez, Amparo - 2024

This study explores the factors shaping the aspirations of youths in Ethiopia, Malawi, and Nigeria, specifically focusing on their academic goals; science, technology, engineering, or mathematics career interests; and migration intentions. The study draws on a robust dataset comprising 2,725...

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