Episode 23: Lelys Dinarte on after-school programs in El Salvador

Lelys Dinarte talks about the effects of after-school programs for at-risk youth in El Salvador.

• "Preventing Violence in the Most Violent Contexts: Behavioral and Neurophysiological Evidence from El Salvador" by Lelys Dinarte and Pablo Egana-delSol

• "Peer Effects on Violence. Experimental Evidence in El Salvador" by Lelys Dinarte [Draft available from the author upon request.]

OTHER RESEARCH WE DISCUSS IN THIS EPISODE:

• "After-School Programs for Delinquency Prevention: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis" by Sema A. Taheri and Brandon C. Welsh.

• "What Works to Prevent Violence Among Youth? A White Paper on Youth Violence, Crime Prevention, and the Mexican Context" by Thomas Abt, Chris Blattman, Beatriz Magaloni, and Santiago Tobon.

• "Thinking, Fast and Slow? Some Field Experiments to Reduce Crime and Dropout in Chicago" by Sara B. Heller, Anuj K. Shah, Jonathan Guryan, Jens Ludwig, Sendhil Mullainathan, and Harold A. Pollack.

• "Reducing Crime and Violence: Experimental Evidence from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in Liberia" by Christopher Blattman, Julian C. Jamison, and Margaret Sheridan.

• "Peer Effects, Teacher Incentives, and the Impact of Tracking: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Kenya" by Esther Duflo, Pascaline Dupas, and Michael Kremer

• “The Benefits of Diversity: Peer Effects in an Adult Training Program in Chile” by Jeanne Lafortune, Marcela Perticará, and José Tessada.

• "Predicting and Preventing Shootings among At-Risk Youth" by Dana Chandler, Steven D. Levitt, and John A. List.

• "Partners in Crime" by Stephen Billings, David Deming, and Stephen L. Ross.