"Three quarters of American children have been exposed to neighborhood violence in their lifetimes. Most of the … existing research has concluded that exposure to violence leads to restricted emotional development, aggressive behavior and … poor school outcomes. However, this literature fails to account for the fact that children exposed to neighborhood violence …

Three quarters of American children have been exposed to neighborhood violence in their lifetimes. Most of the existing … research has concluded that exposure to violence leads to restricted emotional development, aggressive behavior and poor school … outcomes. However, this literature fails to account for the fact that children exposed to neighborhood violence are highly …

We investigate the impact of childhood exposure to organized criminal violence on sociopolitical attitudes in Mexico … institutions, interpersonal trust, and vote choice. To assess the impact of violence exposure on these attitudes, we construct … confrontations from the municipality where they grew up. Our findings indicate that exposure to both types of violence during the …

provision of business development services prepare youth to navigate the informal sector in the study area, in particular, and …