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The PROBLEMS of disadvantaged youth:an economic perspective/ edited by Jonathan Gruber.

Physical description: ix, 317 p. ill. 23 cm.;
Bibliographic notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.;
Author(s): Gruber, Jonathan.;
ISBN: 9780226309453 (hbk.;
Subjects: Poor youth --United States --Social conditions.; Poor youth --Education --United States.; Poor youth --Health and hygiene --United States.;
Formatted contents notes: Introduction: 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.;
Publisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press , 2009.;
Call number: 362.7086'920973 PRO;
Type: Book (Bibliographies)
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7001 $aGruber, Jonathan.
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