in the household, we find that youth who spend part of their childhood/youth living in a household that does not include …

The evidence for the effects of early childhood education on risky behavior in adolescence is limited. This paper … the reduction of risky behavior in adolescence …

This paper examines the impact of maternal employment during a child's first three years and during adolescence on his … adolescence is correlated with increased involvement in risky activities …

employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth … matters. While encouraging results are found for the younger youth; detrimental long-lived outcomes for males suggest that … extrinsic rewards may be crowding out intrinsic motivation. Evidence by sites' funding source, which led to implementation …

recently begun to rigorously evaluate their impact on changing at-risk youth’s perspectives and providing opportunities for …

This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We … illuminate the debate on where to go next. -- cognitive and non-cognitive skills ; intrinsic and extrinsic motivation ; at …-risk youth ; resilience ; deviancy training ; deterrence ; primary- and high-school ; post-secondary education ; remedial …

-school program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards to attend program …

(motivation) - our field experiment lends insights into the underpinnings of adolescent skill formation and provides a novel view …We leverage a field experiment across three distinct school districts to identify key pieces of a structural model of …