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The Timing of Puberty and Gender Differences in Educational Achievement
Koerselman, Kristian; Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2017
with a slower rate of cognitive skill growth during adolescence. This disadvantage in cognitive development is also … no effects on self-discipline or other behavioral outcomes in adolescence, suggesting a mechanism wholly separate from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744601
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Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression
Giulietti, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
We provide first evidence that peer depression in adolescence affects own depression in adulthood. We use data from Add … suggesting that family can function as a buffer. Our findings underscore the importance of peer relationships in adolescence with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210228
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Peers, Gender, and Long-Term Depression
Giulietti, Corrado; Vlassopoulos, Michael; Zenou, Yves - 2020
This study investigates whether exposure to peer depression in adolescence affects own depression in adulthood. We find …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012322479
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Dhaka's Slums, Bangladesh
Cortez, Rafael; Hinson, Laura; Petroni, Suzanne - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
(STIs), sexual violence, and early and forced marriage globally. Research has found that adolescence is a profound and …-perspective requires understanding the relationships between early childhood health and development and its effect on adolescence; the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011098688
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Adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights in El Salvador
Cortez, Rafael - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
Despite international support for adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and rights (SRHR) (for example, the 1994 International Conference on Population in Development), young people consistently face high levels of unmet need for contraception, unplanned pregnancies, unsafe...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161359
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights in Nicaragua: An Analysis Using a Sexual and Reproductive Health Framework and Human Rights
Gordillo-Tobar, Amparo; Beneitez, Geraldine; Ortega, Juana - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2014
In an effort to integrate operational and analytical work on adolescents and youth sexual and reproductive health (SRH) and Human Rights in Nicaragua, the World Bank, in coordination with the Nicaraguan Ministry of Health, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), and the United Nations...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011161360
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Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Nigeria
Cortez, Rafael; Saadat, Seemeen; Marinda, Edmore; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
Nigeria is the most populous country in sub-Saharan Africa. It also has a very young population. The majority of the population is below the age of 25 years, with 22 percent of the country?s population between the ages of 10-19 years. Data on sexual and reproductive health (SRH) outcomes in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011204535
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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Sexual Activity
Yarger, Jennifer; Lara, Diana; Decker, Mara; Brindis, Claire - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing and preventing unintended pregnancies during adolescence has been shown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011183013
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Socioeconomic Differences in Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health: Marriage
Cortez, Rafael; Yarger, Jennifer; Decker, Mara; … - Economics Research, World Bank Group - 2015
implications for poverty reduction. Delaying childbearing and preventing unintended pregnancies during adolescence has been shown …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011171476
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Building resilience now and for the future : adolescent skills to address global challenges L: editorial
D'Angelo, Sophia - In: Development policy review 40 (2022), pp. 1-9
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