Young Lives is holding a conference on the theme of Inequalities in Children’s Outcomes in Developing Countries in Oxford on 8-9 July 2013

The conference will bring together papers that discuss the extent of inequalities in key indicators of children’s human capital and well-being, especially how inequalities change and evolve, and the factors that mitigate or reinforce early inequalities and explain their evolution over time.

Speakers will include:

• Jere Behrman (University of Pennsylvania)
• Pedro Carneiro (University College, London)
• Stefan Dercon (DFID / University of Oxford)
• Paul Glewwe (University of Minnesota)
• Costas Meghir (Yale University)
• Karthik Muralidharan (University of California, San Diego)
• Orazio Ottanasio (University College, London)

The conference organising committee invites submissions of high-quality research papers addressing these and other questions relating to child well-being and development in developing countries. Submissions using the Young Lives data are encouraged, although consideration will also be given to papers using other developing country panel data-sets that address related issues. Potential topics of interest include:

• What is the extent of inequalities in key indicators of children’s human capital and well-being over the child’s life-course across, gender, socio-economic status, ethnic group, rural-urban residence, and other dimensions?
• How do inequalities evolve and change over the child’s life-course?
• What are the factors that mitigate/reinforce early inequalities and explain the evolution of inequalities over time?

The deadline for submissions is 1 April 2013.

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