The Problems of Disadvantaged Youth: An Economic Perspective
Jonathan Gruber, editor
Conference held April 13-14, 2007
Published in October 2009 by University of Chicago Press
© 2009 by the National Bureau of Economic Research
NBER Program(s):HC, HE
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Table of Contents
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Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment:
Jonathan Gruber
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Introduction: What Have We Learned about the Problems of and Prospects for Disadvantaged Youth?:
Jonathan Gruber
(p. 1 - 12)
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The Behavioral Consequences of Pre-Kindergarten Participation for Disadvantaged Youth:
David Figlio, Jeffrey Roth
(p. 15 - 42)
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Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground? Evidence from Randomized Lotteries:
Julie Berry Cullen, Brian A. Jacob
(p. 43 - 84)
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Would More Compulsory Schooling Help Disadvantaged Youth? Evidence from Recent Changes to School-Leaving Laws:
Philip Oreopoulos
(p. 85 - 112)
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Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital:
Janet Currie, Mark Stabile
(p. 115 - 148)
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Appendix to "Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital":
Janet Currie, Mark Stabile
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Childhood Disadvantage and Obesity: Is Nurture Trumping Nature?:
Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, Diane Whitemore Schanzenbach
(p. 149 - 180)
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Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing:
Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine
(p. 181 - 209)
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Parental Income Shocks and Outcomes of Disadvantaged Youth in the United States:
Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens, Jason Lindo
(p. 213 - 235)
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The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth:
Rajeev Dehejia, Thomas DeLeire, Erzo F. P. Luttmer, Josh Mitchell
(p. 237 - 274)
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Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth:
Anna Aizer
(p. 275 - 307)
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List of contributors, indexes:
Jonathan Gruber
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