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.
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Sumario: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 sex, and criminal activity. Economic principles are further applied to mental health and performance issues such as teenage depression, suicide, nutritional disorders, and high school dropout rates. Together, the essays yield notable findings: price and regulatory incentives are critical determinants of high-risk behavior, suggesting that youths do apply some sort of cost/benefit calculation when making decisions; the macroeconomic environment in which those decisions are made matters greatly; and youths who pursue high-risk behaviors are significantly more likely to engage in similar behaviors as adults. This important volume provides both a key data source for public policy makers and a clear affirmation of the usefulness of economic analysis to our understanding of risky behavior.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (551 p.)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9781282004863
9786612004865
9780226309972