Template-Type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Title: Fragile Boys (and Girls)? Determinants and Long-Term Consequences of Socioemotional Development
Author-Name: Ghazala Azmat
Author-Email: ghazala.azmat@sciencespo.fr
Author-Name: Katja Maria Kaufmann
Author-Email: kkaufman@unimainz.de
Author-Name: Yasemin Özdemir
Author-Email: yasemin.oezdemir@uni-mainz.de

Classification-JEL: D91, J13, J16, J24, I12
Keywords: socioemotional development, gender, uncertainty, behavior, health, educational outcomes

Abstract: We analyze the determinants and consequences of socioemotional development (SED) during
adolescence. We causally estimate the impact of a large macro shock, the German Reunification,
on the SED of East German youths, finding substantial negative effects in the short run. These
effects are similar for male and female youths. However, linking changes in SED to behavior,
we see stark differences by gender -observing important changes in externalizing behavior and
behavioral control problems among males and changes in internalizing behavior among females
only. Ultimately, however, the effects on longer-run outcomes (subjective health, wellbeing,
education) are grave and similar for both genders.

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Length: 45
Creation-Date: 2021-05
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File-URL: https://www.crctr224.de/research/discussion-papers/archive/dp299
File-Format: application/pdf
Handle: RePEc:bon:boncrc:CRCTR224_2021_299