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Despite being an established feature of social science research in high-income countries, the cost and complexity of longitudinal studies mean they are a comparative rarity in low- and middle-income countries. This chapter examines longitudinal evidence from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam to analyse how inequalities between groups of children become established. First, the chapter identifies that developmental differences between groups of children emerge very early in life.
Despite being an established feature of social science research in high-income countries, the cost and complexity of longitudinal studies mean they are a comparative rarity in low- and middle-income countries. This chapter examines longitudinal evidence from the Young Lives study in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam to analyse how inequalities between groups of children become established. First, the chapter identifies that developmental differences between groups of children emerge very early in life.