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Peer effects, unobserved factors and risk behaviours : an analysis of alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents

Duarte, Rosa (contributor); … - 2007

"The objective of this paper is to examine the factors which affect alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents. We propose a new theoretical specification in which alcohol abuse and truancy appear as derived demands, given that they condition peer group and family acceptance, and we introduce...

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Adolescent motherhood and secondary schooling in Chile

Kruger, Diana I.; Berthelon, Matias; Navia, Rodrigo - 2009

We analyze the determinants of adolescent motherhood and its subsequent effect on high school attendance and completion in Chile. Using eight rounds of household surveys, we find that adolescents who were born to teen mothers, those that live in poor households and in single-mother families, are...

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Delaying the bell : the effects of longer school days on adolescent motherhood in Chile

Kruger, Diana I.; Berthelon, Matias E. - 2009

We analyze the effect of a Chilean school reform that lengthened the school day from half to full-day shifts on the likelihood that adolescent girls become mothers. By increasing the number of hours spent in school, the reform curtails opportunities to engage in risky sexual behaviors. Using...

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From shame to game in one hundred years : an economic model of the rise in premarital sex and its de-stigmatization

Fernández-Villaverde, Jesús; Greenwood, Jeremy; … - 2010

Societies socialize children about many things, including sex. Socialization is costly. It uses scarce resources, such as time and effort. Parents weigh the marginal gains from socialization against its costs. Those at the lower end of the socioeconomic scale indoctrinate their daughters less...

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Longer-term impacts of mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : evidence from a randomized trial

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010

employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth … matters. While encouraging results are found for the younger youth; detrimental long-lived outcomes for males suggest that …

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Mentoring, educational services, and economic incentives : longer-term evidence on risky behaviors from a randomized trial

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010

-school program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards to attend program …

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Social preferences in childhood and adolescence : a large-scale experiment

Sutter, Matthias; Feri, Francesco; Kocher, Martin; … - 2010

Social preferences have been shown to be an important determinant of economic decision making for many adults. We present a large-scale experiment with 883 children and adolescents, aged eight to seventeen years. Participants make decisions in eight simple, one-shot allocation tasks, allowing us...

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Location choices of migrant nest-leavers : spatial assimilation or continued segregation?

Zorlu, Aslan; Mulder, Clara Helena - 2010

We examine ethnic differences in the ethnic composition of the destination neighbourhood upon leaving the parental home using administrative data for the entire birth cohort 1983 living in the Netherlands. The analysis provides little evidence of a clear intergenerational break in the location...

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A socio-economic analysis of youth disconnectedness

Pfeiffer, Friedhelm; Seiberlich, Ruben R. - 2010

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life …

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Home-leaving decisions of daughters and sons

Chiuri, Maria Concetta; Del Boca, Daniela - 2010

In spite of relevant differences between countries, a common international pattern emerges: daughters leave parental homes earlier than sons. Drawing upon the European Community Household Panel, we explore the impacts of various factors that affect daughters' and sons' home-leaving decisions....

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