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Relative age effect on European adolescents' social network

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey …

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Younger and dissatisfied? : relative age and life-satisfaction in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

) survey. We find evidence that relative age negatively impacts adolescents' life-satisfaction. A twelve-month age gap …

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Economic recession, parental unemployment and adolescents' health-related quality of life and mental health outcomes in Greece

Drydakis, Nick - 2022

mental health for adolescents aged 15-18 in Athens, Greece. The gathered dataset covers the same upper high schools in two …-related quality of life and increased adverse mental health symptoms for adolescents. Moreover, the 2011-2013 period, a period of … for adolescents. In addition, parental unemployment proved more detrimental to adolescents' health-related quality of life …

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Teen social interactions and well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic

Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2023

Adolescence is an important developmental period when teens begin spending less time with their parents and more time with friends and others outside their households as they transition into adulthood. Using the 2017-2021 American Time Use Surveys and the 2012, 2013, and 2021 Well-being Modules,...

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Religiosity, smoking and other risky behaviors

Roman, Monica; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Plopeanu, … - 2022

While under communism the identity-providing religion was suppressed, religiosity is strong today even among the youth in post-communist countries. This provides an appropriate background to investigate how external and internal religiosity relates to risky behaviors like smoking, drinking, and...

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Gender differences in time allocation contribute to differences in developmental outcomes in children and adolescents

Ha Trong Nguyen; Brinkman, Sally; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in time allocation in the first 16 years in life. Relative to males, females spend more time on personal care, chores and educational activities and less time on physical and media...

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Financial education for youth : a randomized evaluation in Uruguay

Borraz, Fernando; Caro, Ana; Caño-Guiral, Maira; Roa, … - 2021

Using data from a randomized control trial in Uruguay, we evaluate the impact of an economic and financial education program targeted to senior high-school students. The program is based on an innovative playful approach workshop about monetary policy and financial supervision. We find that the...

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Impact of COVID-19 crisis on rural youth : evidence from a panel survey and an experiment

Chakravorty, Bhaskar; Bhatiya, Apurav Yash; Imbert, Clément - 2021

This paper presents evidence on the short and long-term impact of the first COVID-19 wave on India's rural youth. We interviewed about 2,000 vocational trainees from Bihar and Jharkhand between March 2020 and March 2021. We report a stark difference between men and women: while many male workers...

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Off to a bad start: youth nonemployment and labor market outcomes later in life

Filomenaa, Mattia; Giorgettia, Isabella; Picchio, Matteo - 2022

We estimate the effect of nonemployment experienced by Italian youth after leaving secondary school on subsequent labor market outcomes. We focus on the impact on earnings and labor market participation both in the short- and in the long-term, up to 25 years since school completion. By...

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Does parental absence harm children's education? : evidence from Vietnam

Cuong Viet Nguyen; Vu, Linh H. - 2022

This study uses a large-scale dataset from Vietnam to analyze the impacts of parental absence due to migration, death, or divorce on children's school enrollment, for children aged from 7 to 22. We find children from two-parent families have a better chance of enrolling at all levels of...

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