This paper reports on a lab-in-the-field experiment that investigates differences in rule-violating behavior between …

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

Many rights are conferred on Dutch youth at ages 16 and 18. Using national register data for all reported …

We study the determinants of youth crime using a dynamic discrete choice model of crime and education. We allow past … roles of state dependence, returns to experience, and heterogeneity in driving crime and enrollment decisions among youth … temporarily keep youth away from crime, can have important and lasting effects even if criminal experience has already accumulated. …

predicts that parental and peer socialization are substitutes in the development of juvenile crime. We then take the model to … negative peer effects on juvenile crime are significantly lower for teenagers with engaged mothers. Consistently with the … prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

This study assesses whether mental health interventions can improve academic outcomes for justice-involved youth. Only … a limited number of studies have linked justice policies to outcomes beyond crime, particularly education, which carries … under which youth are assigned to behavioral treatment programs. The administrative data allow for a rich set of controls …

predicts that parental and peer socialization are substitutes in the development of juvenile crime. We then take the model to … negative peer effects on juvenile crime are significantly lower for teenagers with engaged mothers. Consistently with the … prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

model predicts that parental and peer socialization are substitutes in the development of juvenile crime. We then take the … negative peer effects on juvenile crime are significantly lower for teenagers with engaged mothers. Consistent with the … prediction of our model, this evidence reveals an important role of parents in mediating the impact of neighborhoods on youth …

As national social safety nets are expanding in Africa and globally, evidence on the impact of programs on youth … cash transfer program on safe transitions to adulthood among youth living in households experiencing ultra-poverty. The … evaluation was a cluster-randomized control trial implemented over three years using panel data on youth aged 13 to 19 at …