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'See First, Think Later, then Test': How Children's Perspectives can Improve Economic Research
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Economists study many aspects of children’s lives. They have been criticised by childhood studies researchers for failing to recognise children as agents, despite evidence that children act, within social constraints, to achieve outcomes they prefer. Childhood studies researchers also argue that economists neglect to use methods which capture children’s perspectives on their lives, although evidence shows adult caregivers often describe children’s views or behaviours inaccurately. Economis...
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- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ St. Antony's College, University of Oxford
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Orkin, K
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R8544
+ Oxford Research Network on Government in Africa
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Orkin, K
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R8544
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- Publisher:
- Macmillan Publishers Ltd Publisher's website
- Journal:
- European Journal of Development Research Journal website
- Volume:
- 23
- Pages:
- 774-791
- Publication date:
- 2011-01-01
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- ISSN:
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0957-8811
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- Language:
- English
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- ora:9101
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-15
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- European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes
- Copyright date:
- 2011
- Notes:
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Copyright 2011 European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes. This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of an article published in the European Journal of Development Research. The definitive publisher-authenticated version is available online at http://www.palgrave-journals.com/ejdr/journal/v23/n5/pdf/ejdr201146a.pdf
Orkin, Kate (2011) “’See First, Think Later, then Test’: How Children’s Perspectives can Improve Economic Research”, European Journal of Development Research 23: 774-791. (doi:10.1057/ejdr.2011.46)
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