affected by cognitive skills and gender. We find that cognitive ability (measured by the percentile ranking for university … IQ measures to proxy cognitive skills. However we do find that gender matters. While young women are significantly more … between the impact of gender on risk attitudes and the hypothetical lottery investment suggests that impatience and framing …

In this paper we will briefly review recent trends in employment outcomes for disadvantaged youth, focusing … education and employment outcomes, both among in-school youth who are at risk of dropping out and becoming disconnected as well … as out-of-school youth who have already done so; 2) Policies to increase earnings and incent more labor force …

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 …

The recent recession has led to an ongoing crisis in youth labour markets in Europe. This timely book deals with a … youth unemployment and young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) - the direct consequences of the …

birth cohorts of the 1940s among black girls, the rate of increase tended to accelerate among all four ethnic/gender groups …

Postwar societies are high-risk contexts for youth violence. Nevertheless, not all postwar societies are equally … of reconstruction after war's end are identified as major intervening variables that explain the variations in youth …