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Sex, violence, and drugs among Latin American and Caribbean adolescents : do engaged parents make a difference?
Ruprah, Inder S.; Sierra, Ricardo - 2016
behaviors, in particular substance use, risky sexual behavior, and violence among adolescents in 15 Latin American and Caribbean … associated with significantly reduced problem behaviors in adolescents. That said, in the Caribbean the prevalence of health risk … behaviors in adolescents is higher and engaged parents is lower than in Latin America, and the correlation between engaged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011457264
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Family financial socialisation and its impact on financial confidence, intentions, and behaviours among New Zealand adolescents
Agnew, Steve; Sotardi, Valerie A. - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014631181
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The impact of area level mental health interventions on outcomes for secondary school pupils : evidence from the HeadStart programme in England
Cattan, Sarah; Lereya, Suzet Tanya; Yoon, Yeosun; … - 2022
In light of the dramatic rise in mental health disorders among adolescents seen in the past decade across the world … for adolescents. Exploiting educational administrative data on ten cohorts of state-educated secondary school students, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013468660
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Relative status and satisfaction
Boes, Stefan; Staub, Kevin E.; Winkelmann, Rainer - 2008
This paper investigates the relationship between income satisfaction of adult children and their relative economic status, using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel and income rank as an indicator of status. The results show that children appear to compare their actual economic status with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894168
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Like oil and water or chocolate and peanut butter? : ethnic diversity and social participation of young people in England
Fumagalli, Elena; Fumagalli, Laura - 2009
The paper studies the impact of ethnic diversity on social participation of young people. We first propose a theoretical model in which the agents choose between structured and unstructured social activities by taking into account the ethnic composition of the groups they join. We test our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008824517
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The impact of ICT on adolescents' perceptions and consumption of substances
Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Porzecanski, Rafael - 2010
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009305978
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The impact of early childbearing on schooling and cognitive skills among young women in Madagascar
Herrera, Catalina; Sahn, David E. - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010233347
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Crime, punishment, and schooling decisions : evidence from Colombian adolescents
Ibáñez, Ana María; Rodríguez, Catherine; Zarruk, David - 2013
influence adolescents’ decisions in crime participation and school attendance. The study finds that, after an exogenous decrease … in the severity of judicial punishment imposed on Colombian adolescents, crime rates in Colombian municipalities … increased. This effect appears to be larger in municipalities with a higher proportion of adolescents between 14 and 15 years of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010244164
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Impact evaluation of the job youth training program Projoven
Díaz, Juan José; Rosas, David - 2016
This paper brings new evidence on the impact of The Peruvian Job Youth Training Program (Projoven). Compared with prior …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472128
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Are you (not) expecting? : the unforeseen benefits of job training on teenage pregnancy
Novella, Rafael; Ripani, Laura - 2015
randomized impact evaluation of the youth training program Juventud y Empleo, which includes soft-skills training, to examine its …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011472370