Growing Up in Poverty: Findings from Young Lives

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Introduction: Child Poverty and the Centrality of Schooling....Pages 1-19
Front Matter....Pages 21-21
How Does Where Children Live Affect How They Develop? Evidence from Communities in Ethiopia and Vietnam....Pages 23-49
Family Socio-economic Status, Mother’s Psychosocial Skills, and Children’s Human Capital: Evidence from Four Low- and Middle-income Countries....Pages 51-69
Risks and Protective Factors for Children Experiencing Adverse Events....Pages 71-94
Gender, Agency, and Poverty: Children’s Everyday Experiences in Andhra Pradesh and Vietnam....Pages 95-114
Front Matter....Pages 115-115
Schooling and Cognitive Outcomes from Childhood to Youth: A Longitudinal Analysis....Pages 117-137
Changes in Rural Children’s Use of Time: Evidence from Ethiopia and Andhra Pradesh....Pages 139-159
The Role of Formal Education in the Subjective Well-being of Young Teenagers in Rural and Urban Peru....Pages 161-180
Fulfilling the Promise of School Education? Factors Shaping Education Inequalities in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam....Pages 181-199
How Much Difference Does School Make and For Whom? A Two-Country Study of the Impact of School Quality on Educational Attainment....Pages 201-224
Ethnic Minority Children’s and Adults’ Perceptions and Experiences of Schooling in Vietnam: A Case Study of the Cham H’Roi....Pages 225-244
Educational Opportunities and Learning Outcomes of Children in Peru: A Longitudinal Model....Pages 245-267
Reflections: Inequality, School, and Social Change....Pages 269-280
Back Matter....Pages 281-284