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050 00 $aHV1431$b.P75 2009
082 00 $a362.7086/920973$222
245 04 $aThe problems of disadvantaged youth :$ban economic perspective /$cedited by Jonathan Gruber.
260 $aChicago ;$aLondon :$bThe University of Chicago Press,$c2009.
263 $a0909
300 $ap. cm.
490 1 $aA National Bureau of Economic Research conference report
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: what have we learned about the problems of and prospects for disadvantaged youth? / Jonathan Gruber -- Education : the behavioral consequences of pre-kindergarten participation for disadvantaged youth / David Figlio and Jeffrey Roth -- Is gaining access to selective elementary schools gaining ground? : evidence from randomized lotteries / Julie Berry Cullen and Brian A. Jacob -- Would more compulsory schooling help disadvantaged youth? : evidence from recent changes to school-leaving laws / Philip Oreopoulos -- Health and healthy behaviors : mental health in childhood and human capital / Janet Currie and Mark Stabile -- Childhood disadvantage and obesity : is nurture trumping nature? / Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, and Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach -- Socioeconomic disadvantage and early childbearing / Melissa S. Kearney and Phillip B. Levine -- Contextual influences : parental income shocks and outcomes of disadvantaged youth in the United States / Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens, and Jason Lindo -- The role of religious and social organizations in the lives of disadvantaged youth / Rajeev Dehejia, Thomas Deleire, Erzo F.P. Luttmer, and Josh Mitchell -- Neighborhood violence and urban youth / Anna Aizer.
650 0 $aPoor youth$zUnited States$xSocial conditions.
650 0 $aPoor youth$xEducation$zUnited States.
650 0 $aPoor youth$xHealth and hygiene$zUnited States.
700 1 $aGruber, Jonathan.
830 0 $aNational Bureau of Economic Research conference report.