What mandates the effects of wealth on children's vocabulary developmental trajectories in Ethiopia? A longitudinal analysis

Thesis

This D.Phil study is motivated by gaps in educational research in low-income countries. First, it uses a child developmental, rather than economic, model to investigate how the timing of poverty shapes children’s vocabulary trajectories and the mediational pathways through which poverty influences growth at different stages of childhood. Second, it investigates the reliability and validity of the measure used to assess vocabulary, addressing inter-cultural issues that have not been dealt w...

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Authors: Tesfay, N

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: cross-cultural assessment; vocabulary assessment; mediated wealth effects; developmental trajectories; Rasch model; wealth effects; child poverty; vocabulary development; educational measurement; models of child development; Ethiopia
• Subjects: Education; Poverty; Child development