Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. National Bureau of Economic Research v
3. Relation of the Directors to the Work and Publications of the National Bureau of Economic Research vi
4. Contents vii
5. Acknowledgments ix
6. Introduction: What Have We Learned About the Problems of and Prospects for Disadvantaged Youth? 1
7. I. Education
8. 1. The Behavioral Consequences of Pre-Kindergarten Participation for Disadvantaged Youth 15
9. 2. Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground? Evidence from Randomized Lotteries 43
10. 3. Would More Compulsory Schooling Help Disadvantaged Youth? Evidence from Recent Changes to School-Leaving Laws 85
11. II. Health and Healthy Behaviors
12. 4. Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital 115
13. 5. Childhood Disadvantage and Obesity: Is Nurture Trumping Nature? 149
14. 6. Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing 181
15. III. Contextual Influences
16. 7. Parental Income Shocks and Outcomes of Disadvantaged Youth in the United States 213
17. 8. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth 237
18. 9. Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth 275
19. Contributors 309
20. Author Index 311
21. Subject Index 315