Alan Sánchez Jiménez
Senior Researcher
PhD in Economics - University of Oxford
asanchez@grade.org.pe
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact evaluation and social development policies. Prior, he was a Senior Economist in the Economic Research Division of the Banco Central de Reserva del Peru (Central Bank of Peru). His areas of interests are education economics, health economics, labour economics and behavioral economics. In particular, he is interested in meausuring the causes and consequences of accumulating human capital throughout the life cycle, in the evaluation of social programmes through experimental and quasi-experimental methodology, and in the design of surveys.
Publications
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JournalInternational Journal of Epidemiology
Cohort Profile Update: The Young Lives study
2021 Marta Favara, Gina Crivello, Mary Penny, Catherine Porter, Ellanka Revathi, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott, Le Thuc Duc, Tassew Woldehanna, Andy McKay
• Young Lives is a longitudinal study tracking two cohorts of children in four low-and-middle-income countries [Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam]. • The survey started in 2002 and three rounds were completed by 2009. Two further rounds took place in 2013 (round 4) and 2016 (round 5). Most recently the round planned for 2020 was […]
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JournalMedrxiv
The Evolution of Young People’s Mental Health during COVID-19: Evidence from four Low-and-Middle-Income-Countries
2021 Catherine Porter, Marta Favara, Alan Sanchez, Douglas Scott
Aunque COVID-19 presenta menos riesgo de morbilidad o mortalidad grave para los jóvenes, la crisis económica resultante ha afectado sus medios de subsistencia. Hay relativamente poca evidencia sobre la salud mental de los jóvenes en los países de ingresos bajos y medios (LMIC) a medida que avanza la pandemia. Dos encuestas telefónicas consecutivas (agosto/octubre y […]
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Estratificación de los retornos a la educación superior en el Perú: el rol de la calidad de la educación y las opciones de carrera
2021 Alan Sanchez, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter
Este documento de política analiza la situación de América Latina y el Caribe con respecto a sus niveles de crecimientos en la tasa de asistencia a educación superior. En el caso del Perú, la tasa bruta de asistencia en este nivel aumentó entre el 2001 y el 2019 (para jóvenes de 17 a 21 años). […]
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Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
2021 Jorge M. Agüero, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez
Sigue siendo un debate abierto si la asignación de más recursos mejora los resultados de aprendizaje de los alumnos de las escuelas públicas de bajo rendimiento. Nos centramos en el efecto del aumento del tiempo de instrucción, que es teóricamente ambiguo debido a posibles cambios compensatorios en el esfuerzo de los estudiantes, los profesores o […]
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JournalSSM - Population Health
The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence: Evidence from a list randomization experiment
2021 Alan Sanchez, Catherine Porter, Marta Favara, Douglas Scott
El estudio cuantifica el aumento de la violencia física doméstica (violencia familiar o de pareja) que experimentan los jóvenes de 18 a 26 años durante los encierros de COVID-19 en el Perú. Para ello utiliza una metodología indirecta el experimento de aleatorización de doble lista. El experimento de la lista se incluyó en una encuesta […]
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Early Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement in Pre-school Children in Peru
2009 Alan Sanchez
This paper examines the relationship between early stunting and later cognitive achievement.
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JournalThe Journal of Nutrition
Participation in the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru Is Associated with Changes in Child Anthropometric Status but Not Language Development or School Achievement
2015 Christopher T Andersen, Sarah A Reynolds, Jere R. Behrman, Benjamin Crookston, Kirk Dearden, Javier Escobal, Alan Sanchez, Subha Mani, Aryeh D Stein, Lia CH Fernald
It is unclear what effects a conditional cash transfer (CCT) program would have on child anthropometry, language development, or school achievement in the context of the nutrition transition experienced by many low- andmiddle-income countries. In this study the authors estimated the association of participation in Perus Juntos CCT with anthropometry, language development, and school achievement […]
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JournalRevista Peruana de Investigación Educativa
Factores de eficacia escolar en el uso de laptops del programa OLPC
2011 Micaela Wensjoe, Santiago Cueto, Alan Sanchez, Olga Namen
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JournalEstudios Económicos
Productividad sectorial en el Perú: un análisis a nivel de firmas
2014 Nikita Céspedes, Maria E. Aquije, Alan Sanchez, Rafael Vera-Tudela
In this paper we estimate the production function by economic sectors in Peru, we also characterize the productivity of firms by using two indicators: the total factor productivity and the labour productivity. The data correspond to the total formal firms observed between 2002 and 2011, information that allows to correct the traditional econometric problems behind […]
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JournalThe Business and Economics Research Journal
Minimum Wage and Job Mobility
2014 Nikita Céspedes, Alan Sanchez
Se estudia los efectos de cambios en el salario mínimo utilizando una base de datos que registra siete cambios consecutivos de este indicador (entre los años 2002 y 2011).
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JournalEconomics & Human Biology
Height in mid childhood and psychosocial competencies in late childhood: Evidence from four developing countries
2013 Stefan Dercon, Alan Sanchez
We use longitudinal data from children growing up in four developing countries (Peru, India, Vietnam, Ethiopia) to study the relationship between height at the age of 7-8 and a set of psychosocial competencies measured at the age of 11-12 that are known to be correlated with earnings during adulthood: self-efficacy, self-esteem and aspirations. Results show […]
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Selected Publications
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Young Lives, interrupted: short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries
2022 Marta Favara, Richard Freund, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez, Douglass Scott
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Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on anxiety and depression symptoms of young people in the global south: evidence from a four-country cohort study
2021 Alan Sanchez, Catherine Porter, Marta Favara, Annina Hittmeyer, Douglas Scott, Michelle G Craske, Revathi Ellanki, Tassew Woldehanna, Le Thuc Duc, Alan Stein
