Citation

Chandler D, Levitt SD, List JA. Am. Econ. Rev. 2011; 101(3): 288-292.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, American Economic Association)

DOI

10.1257/aer.101.3.288

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

Each year, more than 250 students in the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) are shot. The authors of this paper worked with the leadership of CPS to build a predictive model of shootings that helped determine which students would be included in a highly targeted and resource intensive mentorship program. This paper describes our predictive model and offers a preliminary evaluation of the mentoring intervention performed by Youth Advocate Programs, Inc. (YAP). We find little evidence that the intervention reduces school misconducts or improves educational outcomes. The scale of intervention was too small to generate meaningful findings on shootings.

Language: en

Keywords

Child Care; Children; Family Planning; State and Local Government: Other Expenditure Categories, Fertility; Youth, Illegal Behavior and the Enforcement of Law