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Do youth mentoring programs change the perspectives and improve the life opportunities of at-risk youth?

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  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas

    (IZA, Germany)

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Mentoring programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America have been providing positive role models and building social skills for more than a century. However, most formal mentoring programs are relatively novel and researchers have only recently begun to rigorously evaluate their impact on changing at-risk youth’s perspectives and providing opportunities for them to achieve better life outcomes. While a variety of mentoring and counseling programs have emerged around the world in recent years, knowledge of their effectiveness remains incomplete.

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  • Núria Rodríguez-Planas, 2014. "Do youth mentoring programs change the perspectives and improve the life opportunities of at-risk youth?," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 1-62, May.
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    Cited by:

    1. Sylvia Dixon & Sarah Crichton, 2016. "Evaluation of the Impact of the Youth Service: NEET programme," Treasury Working Paper Series 16/08, New Zealand Treasury.
    2. Koch, Alexander & Nafziger, Julia & Nielsen, Helena Skyt, 2015. "Behavioral economics of education," Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization, Elsevier, vol. 115(C), pages 3-17.

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    Keywords

    at-risk youth; noncognitive skills; social barriers; resilience;
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    JEL classification:

    • C93 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Design of Experiments - - - Field Experiments
    • I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
    • I22 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Educational Finance; Financial Aid
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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