Background: Poor mental health affects adolescent development and is associated with
health and social outcomes in later life. The current study uses cross-sectional data to …

Rural–urban migrants in China often have to leave their children in rural areas due to
institutional restrictions. This paper examines the causal spillover effects of left-behind …

In this study, we estimate the negative spillovers of children from troubled families linked to
alcoholic fathers, on the academic performance of other students in China. Specifically, we …

Over the past few decades, human capital has been a central ingredient of the process of
economic development. The XXth century has seen unprecedented increases in …

Adolescent mental health is key for later well-being. Yet, causal evidence on environmental
drivers of adolescent mental health is scant. We study how an important classroom feature …

This study contributes to the growing body of research on peer effects in educational
contexts by examining the peer effects on learning behaviors, which are pivotal in …

We analyze whether field of study assigned at age 16 impacts mental health in adulthood.
Using a regression discontinuity design that exploits GPA cutoffs, we find that admission to a …

We use linked individual-level data on school enrollment, physician services received, and
prescription medications from September 2016 to March 2022 to measure the effect of the …

Most network games assume that the best response of a player is a linear function of the
actions of her neighbors; clearly, this is a restrictive assumption. We developed a theory …

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar la relación del sexo y la edad con la sintomatología
depresiva en adolescentes. Los participantes fueron 1.212 adolescentes, de 1º (53, 9%) y 2º …