but also for their parents. As frightening as this time may be, it could also be a time of training and helping minors form healthy relationships. It is the job of parents in this endeavor to be informed about laws that could affect the choices that they help their young people make to ...
Census. We find evidence that state laws delayed the marriages of some young people, but the effects are much smaller in Census data than in Vital Statistics records. This discrepancy appears to be driven by systematic avoidance behavior of two kinds. First, some young people marry outside ...
More specifically, the factors that promote or discourage nuptiality, such as the respective weight given by the welfare state to the couple and the individual, or the legislator’s desire to bring de facto situations closer to legal situations, are factors that affect all couples, whether ...
Young people entering the job market have always faced challenges: a lack of skills and experience, limited professional networks, unfamiliarity with workplace culture and expectations. But increasingly, they are also facing another obstacle: legal requirements that can shut off avenues to jobs before ...
Problem: A prior study indicated that zero tolerance laws differ in their enforceability and likelihood of enforcement, with California's law being easier to enforce than New York's, and New Mexico's being the hardest of all. The question is, do these differences in enforcement affect teenagers...
“If you’ve got stories about those actual things that affect your daily life, talk to your legislator about that,” she said. “They need to hear the stories; they need to understand what people back in their districts are facing.” But it helps to be prepared with k...
In each year, we first plotted the mean age-adjusted opioid analgesic overdose mortality rate in states that had a medical cannabis law vs states that did not. Next, we determined the association between medical cannabis laws and opioid analgesic–related deaths using linear time-series regression...
3.1 How does local law/regulation affect the provision of the Relevant Products online, both from: (i) operators located inside your jurisdiction; and (ii) operators located outside your jurisdiction? Under the Gaming Act, only a land-based licence holder can obtain an online licence. This ...
A recent health data tracker from KFF showed that 23 US states have gender-affirming care access restrictions that affect 38 percent of trans youth. That's up from four states in June 2022.
“To the extent that it’s a political tactic to try and game the system, … it does make sense that that is where we see a lot of that because that is where it could make a difference to the outcome.” The laws tend to disproportionately affect young voters and minorities — key ...