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

Núria Rodriguez-Planas

IZA World of Labor, 2014, No 62, 62

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: at-risk youth; noncognitive skills; social barriers; resilience (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 I21 I22 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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