This study evaluates the diagnostic accuracy of scalable early detection tools that schools can use to identify child maltreatment. Child maltreatment, with severe consequences for children's wellbeing, remains difficult to detect due to underreporting, stigma, and the limits of existing tools....

This study examines the impact of increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (from 16 to 18 years old) on the academic performance, substance use, and peer behaviours of teenagers. Using a difference-in-discontinuities design, we exploit regional MLDA reforms in Spain and PISA data to identify...

This study examines the impact of increasing the Minimum Legal Drinking Age (from 16 to 18 years old) on the academic performance, substance use, and peer behaviours of teenagers. Using a difference-in-discontinuities design, we exploit regional MLDA reforms in Spain and PISA data to identify...

Starting from the concept of harmonious development, children's needs, love and protection in a stable family environment, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, support services provided by the state, both for them and for their families, it becomes essential for the state to intervene...