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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,...
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Investing in our young people
Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James Joseph - 2010
This paper reviews the recent literature on the production of skills of young persons. The literature features the multiplicity of skills that explain success in a variety of life outcomes. Noncognitive skills play a fundamental role in successful lives. The dynamics of skill formation reveal...
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Predictors of Social Distancing and Mask-Wearing Behavior: Panel Survey in Seven U.S. States
Nikolov, Plamen; Pape, Andreas; Tonguc, Ozlem; … - 2020
This paper presents preliminary summary results from a longitudinal study of participants in seven U.S. states during the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition to standard socio-economic characteristics, we collect data on various economic preference parameters: time, risk, and social preferences, and...
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Is the Price Right? The Role of Morals, Ideology, and Tradeoff Thinking in Explaining Reactions to Price Surges
Elias, Julio; Lacetera, Nicola; Macis, Mario - 2022
Price surges often generate social disapproval and requests for regulation and price controls, but these interventions may cause inefficiencies and shortages. To study how individuals perceive and reason about sudden price increases for different products under different policy regimes, we...
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The demand for cigarettes as derived from the demand for weight control
Cawley, John H.; von Hinke Kessler Scholder, Stephanie - 2013
We provide new evidence on the extent to which the demand for cigarettes is derived from the demand for weight control (i.e. weight loss or avoidance of weight gain). We utilize nationally representative data that provide the most direct evidence to date on this question: individuals are...
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Medical marijuana laws and teen marijuana use
Anderson, D. Mark; Hansen, Benjamin; Rees, Daniel I. - 2012
dispensaries operating within 1,000 feet of schools, parks and playgrounds. Using data from the national and state Youth Risk … Behavior Surveys, the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 and the Treatment Episode Data Set, we estimate the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327243
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Dropping out of School? A Competing Risks Analysis of Young Immigrants? Progress in the Educational System
Jakobsen, Vibeke; Rosholm, Michael - 2003
This paper analyses the drop-out and graduation behaviour of young 1st generation immigrants enrolled in a qualifying education in the period 1984-1999. The descriptive analyses show that the low educational achievements among young immigrants compared to young ethnic Danes found in other...
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Time, money, peers, and parents : some data and theories on teenage behavior
Kooreman, Peter - 2003
In the first part of the paper I analyze a data set on teenage behavior. The data is a sample of high school students in the Netherlands, and contains information on teenage time use, income, expenditures, and subjective measures of well-being and self-esteem. As all students in a sampled class...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261636
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Job Insecurity and Children?s Emancipation
Becker, Sascha O.; Bentolila, Samuel; Fernandes, Ana; … - 2004
The age at which children leave the parental home differs considerably across countries. We present a theoretical model predicting that higher job security of parents and lower job security of children may delay emancipation. We then provide aggregate evidence which supports this hypothesis for...
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