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Discrimination at Young Age : Experimental Evidence from Preschool Children
Bindra, Parampreet Christopher - 2019
framed field experiment, we let 142 three to six-year old preschool children allocate a fixed endowment between an in …
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Impatience and Uncertainty : Experimental Decisions Predict Adolescents' Field Behavior
Sutter, Matthias - 2011
We study risk attitudes, ambiguity attitudes, and time preferences of 661 children and adolescents, aged ten to … particular, more impatient children and adolescents are more likely to spend money on alcohol and cigarettes, have a higher body …
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The Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Care Provision on Family Structure and Public Program Participation Among Young Adults
Chatterji, Pinka - 2018
We use difference-in-difference methods and data from the 2008 Survey of Income and Program Participation to test whether the ACA dependent care provision is associated with family structure and public program participation among young adults. Findings indicate that implementation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012908653
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Effects of the 2010 Affordable Care Act Dependent Care Provision on Military Participation Among Young Adults
Chatterji, Pinka - 2018
In this study, we test whether the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) dependent care provision is associated with young adults’ propensity to be in the armed forces and to have military health insurance. We use a difference-in-difference (DD) approach, comparing the outcomes of young adults...
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Lost in the Net? Broadband Internet and Youth Mental Health
Donati, Dante; Durante, Ruben; Sobbrio, Francesco; … - 2022
How does the internet affect young people’s mental health? We study this question in the context of Italy using administrative data on the universe of cases of mental disorders diagnosed in Italian hospitals between 2001 and 2013, which we combine with information on the availability of...
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Gender Norms and Labor-Supply Expectations : Experimental Evidence from Adolescents
Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina - 2021
Gender gaps in labor-market outcomes often emerge with the arrival of the first child. We investigate a causal link between gender norms and labor-supply expectations within a survey experiment among 2,000 German adolescents. Using a hypothetical scenario, we document that the majority of girls...
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Young Voters and Budget Deficits
Nyhus, Ole Henning; Strøm, Bjarne - 2023
(reduced net operating surplus) due to the extension of the youth voting franchise mainly appear in governments with low party …
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Children's Social Care and Early Intervention Policy in England
Anderberg, Dan - 2020
We study the relationship between a key early intervention policy designed to support families with children up to the … age of four and the rate at which children are taken into social care. The gradual build-up of over 3,600 Sure Start … Children's Centres (SSCC), operated by Local Authorities across England, created large spatial and cohort variation in the …
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Socio-Economic Determinants of Child Marriage : Evidence from the Iranian Provinces
Asna-ashary, Mozhgan - 2020
and services. To reduce child marriage, which has long-run negative effects on the development of children, policymakers …
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Mothers' Care : Reversing Early Childhood Health Shocks Through Parental Investments
Bellés-Obrero, Cristina - 2019
, in the medium run, the effects of the reform are insignificant for both male and female children. The sons of treated …
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