This paper reports on a lab-in-the-field experiment that investigates differences in rule-violating behavior between …

Using a randomized field experiment in Costa Rica, we estimate the effect of providing parents of preschool students …

prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … roles of state dependence, returns to experience, and heterogeneity in driving crime and enrollment decisions among youth … temporarily keep youth away from crime, can have important and lasting effects even if criminal experience has already accumulated. …

prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only … under which youth are assigned to behavioral treatment programs. The administrative data allow for a rich set of controls … for observed family- and youth-specific heterogeneity. In addition, the treatment assignment rules create discontinuous …