find that the average performance of young men declined due to the school shooting, whereas we do not observe a similar …

of Youth (1997 Cohort), which contains information on the exact birth date of the respondents, we find that the impact of … the MLTPA on several indicators of smoking among youth is minor and often insignificant. However, we also show that … are designed to restrict youth access to tobacco are only effective in reducing smoking participation among certain groups …

Is unemployment the overwhelming determinant of domestic violence that many commentators expect it to be? The … abuse: an increase in male unemployment decreases the incidence of intimate partner violence, while an increase in female … unemployment increases domestic abuse. Combining data on intimate partner violence from the British Crime Survey with locally …

against women. We find that husband's education lowers the probability of suffering physical, emotional and economic violence …. The only aspect of violence not affected by spouse's education is sexual violence. Schooling also lowers the likelihood … that the marriage was arranged against the woman's will, and makes men less inclined to engage in socially unacceptable …

Globally, 150 million adolescents report being victims of or engaging in peer-to-peer violence in and around school …. One strategy to reduce this risk is to occupy youth in after-school programs (ASP). Yet, the question remains: how does …-geneous groups, heterogeneous peer groups do help students avoid violence. These results are relevant to public policy discussions on …

theoretical explanation for why women attend college at a higher rate and earn a lower average income than men. Differential …

Men have fallen behind women in education in developed countries. Why? I study the impact of a transitory increase in … the opportunity cost of schooling on men's and women's educational attainment. I exploit a reform in Iceland that lowered … opportunity increased the dropout rate and led to a permanent loss in years of education for young men, but had no effect on the …