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factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …
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We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...
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Why are there such large differences in living arrangements across Western European countries? Conventional economic analyses have not been successful in explaining differences in living arrangements and particularly the dramatic increase in the fraction of young adults living with their parents...
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The question that this paper addresses is whether or not parents are altruistic towards their children. A new approach will be introduced, where the life satisfaction data of parents will be regressed onto the living conditions of their children who now live independently. After controlling for...
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The central research question addressed in this paper is how receipt of income support payments affects the well-being of youths. Using 1997-2004 panel data from a nationally representative survey of Australian youths, we attempt to estimate the size of the welfare stigma faced by Australian...
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Like their counterparts elsewhere, more young Australians than ever are delaying the move to establish residential independence from their parents. This paper reviews the developing economics literature surrounding young people's decisions to continue living in their parents' homes in order to...
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between family welfare history and risk taking disappears, however, once we account for family structure and mothers …
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We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions … transitions to inactivity and public assistance, while youth reports of financial stresses are associated with earlier nest … associated with youth making later transitions. Overall, financial stress and conflict have independent effects on youths …
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external locus of control. In particular, we find no significant relationship between family welfare history and young people …
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Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school … Survey of Australian Youth and duration models that control for unobserved heterogeneity, our results suggest that programs …
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