Risky behavior among youths : an economic analysis /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Corporate Author: National Bureau of Economic Research
Other Authors: Gruber, Jonathan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2001.
Series:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Subjects:
Youth > Psychology > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Decision making in adolescence > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Risk-taking (Psychology)
Social problems.
Social Problems > Congresses > economics > United States.
Risk-Taking > Congresses > United States.
Adolescent > United States.
Social Problems > United States > Congresses.
Risk-Taking
Adolescent
Social Problems
Jeunesse > Psychologie > Aspect économique > Congrès.
Prise de risque chez l'adolescent > Aspect économique > Congrès.
Prise de décision chez l'adolescent > Aspect économique > Congrès.
Prise de risque.
Problèmes sociaux.
social issues.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Adolescence.
FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS > Life Stages > Teenagers.
Jugend
Risikoverhalten
Aufsatzsammlung
Gesundheitsgefährdung
Kosten
United States
USA.
Youth
Dangerous behaviour
Drug use and abuse
Juvenile delinquency
Lifestyle and health
Sex behaviour
Suicide
Social indicators
Traffic accidents
Participation in education
Attitudes
Overseas item
Electronic books.
Congress
Conference papers and proceedings.
Actes de congrès.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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