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Risky behavior among youths : an economic analysis /

Every day young people engage in risky behaviors that affect not only their immediate well-being but their long-term health and safety. These well-honed essays apply diverse economic analyses to a wide range of unsafe activities, including teen drinking and driving, smoking, drug use, unprotected se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Bureau of Economic Research
Otros Autores: Gruber, Jonathan
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Risky behavior among youths: some issues from behavioral economics / Ted O'Donoghue and Matthew Rabin
  • Youth smoking in the United States: evidence and implications / Jonathan Gruber and Jonathan Zinman
  • Teens and traffic safety / Thomas S. Dee and William N. Evans
  • The sexual activity and birth-control use of American Teenagers / Phillip B. Levine
  • Explaining the rise in youth suicide / David M. Cutler, Edward L. Glaeser, and Karen E. Norberg
  • Marijuana and youth / Rosalie Liccardo Pacula [and others]
  • The determinants of juvenile crime / Steven D. Levitt and Lance Lochner
  • Environment and persistence in youthful drinking patterns / Philip J. Cook and Michael J. Moore
  • Dropout and enrollment trends in the postwar period: what went wrong in the 1970s? / David Carl and Thomas Lemieux
  • Youths at nutrition risk: malnourished or misnourished? / Jay Bhattacharya and Janet Currie.