Front matter, table of contents, acknowledgment:

Introduction: What Have We Learned about the Problems of and Prospects for Disadvantaged Youth?: Jonathan Gruber (p. 1 - 12) (bibliographic info)

1. The Behavioral Consequences of Pre-Kindergarten Participation for Disadvantaged Youth: David Figlio, Jeffrey Roth (p. 15 - 42) (bibliographic info)

2. Is Gaining Access to Selective Elementary Schools Gaining Ground? Evidence from Randomized Lotteries: Julie Berry Cullen, Brian A. Jacob (p. 43 - 84) (bibliographic info)

3. Would More Compulsory Schooling Help Disadvantaged Youth? Evidence from Recent Changes to School-Leaving Laws: Philip Oreopoulos (p. 85 - 112) (bibliographic info)

4. Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital: Janet Currie, Mark Stabile (p. 115 - 148) (bibliographic info)

5. Appendix to "Mental Health in Childhood and Human Capital": Janet Currie, Mark Stabile (bibliographic info)

6. Childhood Disadvantage and Obesity: Is Nurture Trumping Nature?: Patricia M. Anderson, Kristin F. Butcher, Diane Whitemore Schanzenbach (p. 149 - 180) (bibliographic info)

7. Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Early Childbearing: Melissa S. Kearney, Phillip B. Levine (p. 181 - 209) (bibliographic info)

8. Parental Income Shocks and Outcomes of Disadvantaged Youth in the United States: Marianne Page, Ann Huff Stevens, Jason Lindo (p. 213 - 235) (bibliographic info)

9. The Role of Religious and Social Organizations in the Lives of Disadvantaged Youth: Rajeev Dehejia, Thomas DeLeire, Erzo F. P. Luttmer, Joshua Mitchell (p. 237 - 274) (bibliographic info)

10. Neighborhood Violence and Urban Youth: Anna Aizer (p. 275 - 307) (bibliographic info)

11. List of contributors, indexes: