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Impact of Comprehensive Smoking Bans on the Health of Infants and Children: Evidence from the U.S.

McGeary, Kerry Anne; Dave, Dhaval M.; Lipton, Brandy; … - 2019

As evidence of the negative effects of environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) has mounted, an increasingly popular public policy response has been to impose restrictions on smoking through 100% smoke-free bans (comprehensive smoking bans). Yet sparse information exists regarding the impact these...

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Migration strategies of the crisis-stricken youth in an enlarged European Union

Kahanec, Martin; Fabo, Brian - 2013

This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged …

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Low-Skilled Jobs and Student Jobs: Employers' Preferences in Slovakia and the Czech Republic

Kureková, Lucia Mýtna; ilinčíková, Zuzana - 2015

Massification of tertiary education, growing share of student workers on labour market and consequently increased competition for low-skilled jobs gave rise to the theory of crowding out of the less educated workers. This paper contributes to better understanding of temporary...

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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - 2014

We analyze the effect of having a child in adolescence on high school completion, educational attainment, and college enrollment in a developing country setting using nine repeated rounds of Chilean household surveys that span the 1990–2009 period. We control for selection bias and household...

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La Meglio Gioventù: Earnings Gaps across Generations and Skills in Italy

Naticchioni, Paolo; Raitano, Michele; Vittori, Claudia - 2014

skill-biased literature, our results surprisingly show that the Italian best of youth, i.e. the best workers of the most …

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Decision to Emigrate Amongst the Youth in Lebanon

Dibeh, Ghassan; Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid - 2017

This paper studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered to be one of the main causes of … people aged 15 to 29 from the year 2016. The aim of the paper is to identify the profile of youth's propensity to emigrate … from Lebanon. The empirical results indicate that youth from non-wealthy backgrounds living in smaller dwellings have a …

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Labor Market and Institutional Drivers of Youth Irregular Migration: Evidence from the MENA Region

Dibeh, Ghassan; Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid - 2018

decision to migrate irregularly amongst the youth in the MENA region and that the quality of institutions matters. In addition …

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To Pill or Not to Pill? Access to Emergency Contraception and Contraceptive Behaviour

Nuevo-Chiquero, Ana; Pino, Francisco J. - 2019

We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile. Using a survey of individuals 15 to 29, we exploit variation in availability at the municipality level as a consequence of legal and judicial decisions in the late 2000s. We find...

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Jobs for Young University Graduates : Is It Worth Having a Degree?

Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2004

This study addresses the question: Are workers who hold a university degree increasingly filling job openings meant for people with lower levels of schooling? It focuses on Portugal, where the higher education system has been expanding at a fast pace and the share of university graduates in...

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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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