Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/169295 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Citation: 
[Journal:] IZA Journal of Labor & Development [ISSN:] 2193-9020 [Volume:] 5 [Issue:] 12 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2016 [Pages:] 1-27
Publisher: 
Springer, Heidelberg
Abstract: 
This paper uses unique experimental data from a youth training program in the Favelas, Brazil, to examine whether youth training programs can prevent treatment recipients from engaging in risk behavior-i.e., cigarettes, alcohol, and hard drug utilization, as well as witnessing or being a victim of violent crime. Although the program was successful in increasing income, we find that it only improved risk behavior of the treated individuals with higher levels of socio-emotional skills.
Subjects: 
Risk behavior
Youth training programs
Socio-emotional skills
JEL: 
O11
O22
O17
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Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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