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This dissertation contributes to social interactions returns to schooling and the determinants of women empowerment with the use of careful econometric methodologies. Two chapters investigate the effect of education on freedom of choice and women's empowerment. One chapter looks…

We live in a time of unprecedented risk to human life on earth as a result of human-made climate change, and we face enormous and growing social, political, and international challenges and threats. At the same time, we are struggling to cope with a technological landscape that …

Youth today are mostly characterized by typical adolescent risk taking behaviors and are frequently considered problems, community liabilities, and recipients rather than resources. Youth are without adult-like influence; they are not empowered in adult society. Therefore, youth…