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Darko, Christian K.; Vasilakos, Nicholas – British Educational Research Journal, 2020
We use data from the Young Lives longitudinal survey to analyse the effect of socioeconomic conditions and gender on the educational performance of young children in India. In particular, we use data for standardised scores on two cognitive tests: the Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) and a maths test. Our results show that there are…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Outcomes of Education, Socioeconomic Influences, Gender Differences
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Dhanaraj, Sowmya; Paul, Christy Mariya; Gade, Smit – Education Economics, 2019
Household income shocks in developing countries are known to have an impact on the education investments for children. In this paper, we explore the effects of various income and expenditure shocks on educational investment and cognitive outcomes of children using three rounds of household-level panel data from Young Lives survey conducted in two…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Family Income, Developing Nations, Expenditures