Risky behavior among youths : an economic analysis

Risky behavior among youths an economic analysis

Every day young people engage in risky behaviors that affect not only their immediate well-being but their long-term health and safety. These well-honed essays apply diverse economic analyses to a wide range of unsafe activities, including teen drinking and driving, smoking, drug use, unprotected se...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor Corporativo: National Bureau of Economic Research (-)
Otros Autores: Gruber, Jonathan (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press c2001.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:National Bureau of Economic Research conference report.
Materias:
Decision making in adolescence > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Risk-taking (Psychology) in adolescence > Economic aspects > Congresses.
Youth > Psychology > Economic aspects > Congresses.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. Risky Behavior among Youths
  • 2. Youth Smoking in the United States
  • 3. Teens and Traffic Safety
  • 4. The Sexual Activity and Birth-Control Use of American Teenagers
  • 5. Explaining the Rise in Youth Suicide
  • 6. Marijuana and Youth
  • 7. The Determinants of Juvenile Crime
  • 8. Environment and Persistence in Youthful Drinking Patterns
  • 9. Dropout and Enrollment Trends in the Postwar Period
  • 10. Youths at Nutrition Risk
  • Contributors
  • Author Index
  • Subject Index

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