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Very good in very good dust jacket. Ex-library. ix, 317 p. : ill.; 24 cm. LCCN 2009003454 Type of material Book Main title The problems of disadvantaged youth: an economic perspective / edited by Jonathan Gruber. Published/Created Chicago; London: The University of Chicago Press, 2009. Description ix, 317 p. : ill.; 24 cm. ISBN 9780226309453 (alk. paper) 0226309452 (alk. paper) LC classification HV1431. P75 2009 Related names Gruber, Jonathan. Contents 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. LC Subjects Poor youth--United States--Social conditions. Poor youth--Education--United States. Poor youth--Health and hygiene--United States. Notes Includes bibliographical references and index. Series A National Bureau of Economic Research conference report National Bureau of Economic Research conference report. Dewey class no. 362.7086/920973 Geographic area code n-us---
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.