Biography
Milo's research interests lie in examining the association between parental resources and educational attainment. She taught at the Department for Methodology, in quantitative subjects. Prior to LSE, Milo worked as a researcher at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI, London) in the Growth, Poverty and Inequality Programme. Milo has a degree in economics (University of Pennsylvania) and an MPhil in Development Studies (Institute of Development Studies-Sussex). As part of the ESRC 1+3 doctoral training programme she obtained an MSc in Social Research Methods at the LSE. She is fluent in Spanish, French and Dutch. Milo’s doctoral project is titled "Parental Socioeconomic Status and Children’s Academic Achievement: Longitudinal Evidence from Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam".
Milo Vandemoortele's current research interests are:
- Socioeconomic status and academic achievement
- Intergenerational inequality
- Quantitative data analysis
- Measurement
Milo's latest projects include:
- Socioeconomic Status Gaps in Achievement: Evidence from Low and Middle-Income Countries (in process of publication)
- Socioeconomic Status Differences in Children’s Achievement Trajectories (in process of publication)
- Early Childhood Education and its Association with Achievement from 5 to 15 years old (in process of publication)
