Browsing by Subject "Adolescents"

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    • Peer and parental influence in the development of cognitive skills and predispostion to risky behaviour 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Gandelman, Néstor; Roldán, Flavia (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2017)
      This paper analyzes the strategic interactions between peers and parents in the development of adolescent’s cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills, as proxied by the predisposition to use substances. We estimate a ...

    • Providing academic opportunities to vulnerable adolescents: a randomized evaluation of privately managed tuition-free middle schools in Uruguay 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; Cid, Alejandro; Zardo, Ana Laura (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2019)
      We conducted a randomized evaluation of three privately managed middle schools in Uruguay aimed at providing education opportunities to adolescents from low income socioeconomic status. At 3-year follow-up, treatment ...

    • Relative deprivation and risky behaviors 

      Balsa, Ana Inés; French, Michael T.; Regan, Tracy L. (Universidad de Montevideo, Facultad de Ciencias Empresariales y Economía, Departamento de Economía, 2013)
      Relative deprivation has been associated with lower socialand job satisfaction as well as adverse health outcomes. Using Add Health data, we examine whethera student’srelative socioeconomic status (SES)has a direct effect ...