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New policy brief: Indicators to measure child poverty in the SDGs
New policy brief: Indicators to measure child poverty in the SDGs
Lighting the way to better policy: measuring child poverty in the SDGs
Lighting the way to better policy: measuring child poverty in the SDGs
New study: What drives violence against children?
New study: What drives violence against children?

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Gender, Development, Children and Young People

Drawing on research from developing countries, and particularly on recent findings from the Young Lives project, the chapter suggests that international development needs to pay greater attention to gender in childhood and youth.

Gender, Development, Children and Young People

Drawing on research from developing countries, and particularly on recent findings from the Young Lives project, the chapter suggests that international development needs to pay greater attention to gender in childhood and youth.

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Youth Trajectories through Work and Marriage in Rural Ethiopia

The paper explores young people's trajectories through work and marriage in two rural communities in Ethiopia. Global policy attention and research has been dominated by the patterns found in high-income country contexts. Although there is increasing focus on 'adolescence' in low-income countries, the concept of 'transition' has been critiqued as inadequate. The paper explores the trajectories of young people who are no longer in formal schooling, through their involvement in work/livelihoods and marriage. It draws on Young Lives survey and qualitative longitudinal data.

Youth Trajectories through Work and Marriage in Rural Ethiopia

The paper explores young people's trajectories through work and marriage in two rural communities in Ethiopia. Global policy attention and research has been dominated by the patterns found in high-income country contexts. Although there is increasing focus on 'adolescence' in low-income countries, the concept of 'transition' has been critiqued as inadequate. The paper explores the trajectories of young people who are no longer in formal schooling, through their involvement in work/livelihoods and marriage. It draws on Young Lives survey and qualitative longitudinal data.

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New data release: Vietnam school survey
New data release: Vietnam school survey

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What is the Value of Qualitative Longitudinal Research with Children and Young People for International Development?

This paper draws on data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty, to explore how international development research might be strengthened by including qualitative longitudinal research. We review three problems in development studies: a) the relatively low status of qualitative research within the hierarchy of development knowledge, b) the predominance of cross-sectional research, and, c) marginality of research with children and young people.

What is the Value of Qualitative Longitudinal Research with Children and Young People for International Development?

This paper draws on data from Young Lives, a longitudinal study of childhood poverty, to explore how international development research might be strengthened by including qualitative longitudinal research. We review three problems in development studies: a) the relatively low status of qualitative research within the hierarchy of development knowledge, b) the predominance of cross-sectional research, and, c) marginality of research with children and young people.

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Children's Own Time Use and its Effect on Skill Formation

Using time-use data from a longitudinal survey (covering Ethiopia, India and Vietnam), the present study examines how the amount of time children spend on different activities impacts their acquisition of cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Modeling the skill formation production function of children and extending the set of inputs to include the child's own time inputs, the study finds that child involvement in work activities such as domestic chores and paid activities are associated with a reduction in both cognitive and non-cognitive achievements.

Children's Own Time Use and its Effect on Skill Formation

Using time-use data from a longitudinal survey (covering Ethiopia, India and Vietnam), the present study examines how the amount of time children spend on different activities impacts their acquisition of cognitive and non-cognitive skills. Modeling the skill formation production function of children and extending the set of inputs to include the child's own time inputs, the study finds that child involvement in work activities such as domestic chores and paid activities are associated with a reduction in both cognitive and non-cognitive achievements.

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How Inequalities Develop through Childhood

This paper contributes longitudinal research evidence on the impact of structural inequalities on children’s development within households and communities, the ways access to health, education and other key services may reduce or amplify inequalities, and the ways that children’s developmental trajectories diverge from early in life through to early adulthood.

Our starting point is a series of key questions about how inequalities develop through the life-course:

How Inequalities Develop through Childhood

This paper contributes longitudinal research evidence on the impact of structural inequalities on children’s development within households and communities, the ways access to health, education and other key services may reduce or amplify inequalities, and the ways that children’s developmental trajectories diverge from early in life through to early adulthood.

Our starting point is a series of key questions about how inequalities develop through the life-course:

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Preventing child mortality and addressing ‘the lottery of birth’
Preventing child mortality and addressing ‘the lottery of birth’
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