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Is there a link between BMI and adolescents' educational choices and expectations?

Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Stoyanova, Alexandrina P. - 2020

One of the most claimed links in the health and education literature is that education prevents from the risk of overweight, and the negative link between education and BMI is up to now out of questioning. More educated adults tend to have lower body mass index (BMI) and a lower risk of...

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The inheritance of educational inequality among young people in developing countries

Pastore, Francesco; Roccisano, Federica - 2015

This letter provides new evidence on the extent of the inheritance of educational inequality in the eight developing countries (Azerbaijan, China, Egypt, Iran, Kosovo, Mongolia, Nepal, Syria) where the ILO carried out the first wave of School-to-Work Transition survey. We observe different...

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Environmental factors of food literacy in Australian high schools : views of home economics teachers

Ronto, Rimante; Ball, Lauren; Pendergast, Donna; … - In: International journal of consumer studies 41 (2017) 1, pp. 19-27

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Developing food literacy in young children in the home environment

Wijayaratne, Sanjeewa; Westberg, Kate; Reid, Mike; … - In: International journal of consumer studies 46 (2022) 4, pp. 1165-1177

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Chapter 2. The Production of Human Capital in Developed Countries : Evidence From 196 Randomized Field Experiments

Fryer, R.G. - 2017

Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter summarizes what we have learned about various partial derivatives of the human capital production function, what important partial...

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The impact of educational achievement on the integration and wellbeing of Afghan refugee youth in the UK

Gladwell, Catherine; Thomas, Jennie; Chetwynd, Georgina; … - 2018

Unprecedented numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have arrived in Europe over the last decade, and young Afghans account for the highest proportion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across the UK. Despite research exploring the experiences of child refugees and asylum...

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Neighbourhood effects on migrant youth's educational commitments : an enquiry into personality differences

Nieuwenhuis, Jaap; Hooimeijer, Pieter; Ham, Maarten van; … - 2013

commitments are influenced by neighbourhood characteristics. We investigate this process for migrant youth, a group that lags … behind in educational attainment compared to native youth, and might therefore be particularly vulnerable to neighbourhood … proportions of immigrants increases the educational commitments of migrant youth compared to living in neighbourhoods with lower …

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"High"-school : the relationship between early marijuana use and educational outcomes

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; New, Sonja C. de; Le, Trinh; … - 2013

We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...

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Analyzing educational achievement differences between second-generation immigrants : comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland

Kunz, Johannes - 2014

In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants' destination decision on their offspring's educational achievement seems to be much more...

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'O Youth and Beauty : ' Children's Looks and Children's Cognitive Development

Hamermesh, Daniel - 2019

We use data from the 11 waves of the U.S. Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development 1991-2005, following children …

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