Salerno in Southern Italy. A simple human capital investment model is employed and this provides a framework within which to …

of Salerno and its province in Southern Italy. A human capital investment model is employed and this provides a framework …

There is increasing concern about risky behaviors and poor mental health among school-aged youth. A critical factor in … youth well-being is school attendance. This study evaluates how school organization and structure affect health outcomes by … examining the impacts of a popular urban high school reform -- “small schools” -- on youth risky behaviors and mental health …

become an obese or overweight youth. We use this model to test whether it is possible to forecast obesity and overweight … among youth. Comparing Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) scores from these forecasts, we find that a model using … childhood covariates does as well in forecasting youth obesity and overweight as a model using the covariate values …

youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life adversity …

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. -- Disconnected youth ; unemployment ; school failure ; life …

Disconnectedness among youth can have several dimensions. From a socio-economic viewpoint, failure in school …, unemployment and the lack of an intimate relationship are among the most important ones. In our samples from SOEP youth … followed by increases in the number of disconnected youth. …