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This study investigates the effects of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) on the living arrangements and housing behavior of undocumented immigrants in the U.S. Using an event-study approach and difference-in-differences (DID) estimates, we compared immigrants above and below...
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Children's indirect exposure to the justice system through biological parents or co-resident adults is both a marker of their own vulnerability and a measure of the justice system's expansive reach in society. Estimating the size of this population for the United States has historically been...
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The vast majority of youth e-cigarette users consume flavored e-cigarettes, raising concerns from public health … advocates that flavors may drive youth initiation into and continued use of e-cigarettes. Flavors drew further notice from the … and potential spillovers into other tobacco use by youth, young adults, and adults. We utilize both standard difference …
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We provide novel evidence on the role of social comparisons in shaping adolescent body misperception. Using an instrumental variables approach leveraging variation in relative age generated by school entry cutoff months and data from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children study, we show...
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The federal government and many individual organizations have invested in programs to support diversity in the STEM pipeline, including STEM summer programs for high school students, but there is little rigorous evidence of their efficacy. We fielded a randomized controlled trial to study a...
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We develop and estimate a life-cycle model in a rational addiction framework where youth choose to smoke, attend school …
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