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Might not be a tomorrow: a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime
Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - 2008
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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Children and parents time use: empirical evidence on investment in human capital in France, Italy and Germany
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - 2008
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,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269286
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Peer effects, unobserved factors and risk behaviours: an analysis of alcohol abuse and truancy among adolescents
Duarte, Rosa; Escario, José-Julián; Molina, José Alberto - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275878
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Fostering the emancipation of young people: Evidence from a Spanish rental subsidy
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainhoa; Oppedisano, Veruska - 2012
. The subsidy, introduced in Spain in 2008, is conditional on young adults renting accommodation, and it amounts to almost …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283930
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Can't buy mommy's love? Universal childcare and children's long-term cognitive development
Felfe, Christina; Nollenberger, Natalia; … - 2012
What happens to children's long-run cognitive development when introducing universal high-quality childcare for 3-year olds mainly crowds out maternal care? To answer this question we exploit a natural experiment framework and employ a difference-in-difference approach. We find sizable...
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Crises, what crises?
Campos, Nauro F.; Hsiao, Cheng; Nugent, Jeffrey B. - 2006
Recent research convincingly shows that crises beget reform. Although the consensus is that economic crises foster macroeconomic stabilization, it is silent on which types of crises cause which types of reform. Is it economic or political crises that are the most important drivers of structural...
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Automatic stabilizers and economic crisis: US vs. Europe
Dolls, Mathias; Fuest, Clemens; Peichl, Andreas - 2009
This paper analyzes the effectiveness of the tax and transfer systems in the European Union and the US to act as an automatic stabilizer in the current economic crisis. We find that automatic stabilizers absorb 38 per cent of a proportional income shock in the EU, compared to 32 per cent in the...
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Crisis, what crisis? Patterns of adaptation in European labor markets
Eichhorst, Werner; Feil, Michael; Marx, Paul - 2010
The current crisis, while of a global nature, has affected national labor markets to a varying extent. While some countries have experienced a steep increase in unemployment, employment in other developed economies has not fallen in parallel with a significant decline in GDP. Our analysis shows...
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Health and well-being in the crisis
Askitas, Nikos; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011
The internet has become an important data source for the Social Sciences because these data are available without lags, can be regarded as involuntary surveys and hence have no observer effect, can be geo-labeled, are available for countries across the globe and can be viewed in continuous time...
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The weight of the crisis: Evidence from newborns in Argentina
Bozzoli, Carlos; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - 2010
Argentina hit headlines around the world in 2002 on account of the largest debt default in history and a sudden economic collapse that generated statistics reminiscent of those from the Great Depression. In this article we focus on other consequences of the crisis that are not so obvious but...
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