Martín Valdivia Huaringa
Senior Researcher
PhD in Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
jvaldivi@grade.org.pe
Martin Valdivia has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a Senior Researcher at GRADE since 1993. His fields of interest include entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, rural development and more recently democratic governance, with publications in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development Economics, the American Journal of Political Science, among others. He is an active member of networks such the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL LAC) and Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP). He is currently researching the drivers of financial inclusion and the economic empowerment of women in urban and rural areas of Brazil, Peru and the Dominican Republic, as well as on the role of transparency and citizen participation in the fight against corruption in Peru.
Publications
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JournalThe World Bank Economic Review
Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
2020 Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in […]
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Chapter in BookInformation Technologies and Economic Development in Latin America
Radio and video as a means for financial education in rural households in Peru
2020 Alberto Chong, , Martin Valdivia
This chapter analyzes the impact of a financial literacy training of a Peruvian microfinance institution, which is delivered by credit officers in monthly sessions with the support of video and radio materials.
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JournalAmerican Journal of Political Science
Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
2019 Alberto Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
Researchers use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get-out-the-vote campaigns to boost female electoral participation in rural areas of Paraguay. They find that public rallies had a small and insignificant effect either on registration or voter turnout in the 2013 presidential elections. Households that received door-to-door canvassing treatment were 4.6 percentage points more likely […]
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JournalJournal of International Development
Health impacts of a public-private partnership rural roads maintenance programme
2018 Alberto Chong, Martin Valdivia
The authors provide evidence of health impacts of a public-private rural roads maintenance programme in Peru, which is characterized by a contracting mechanism that employs small local firms. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, they find that improved roads connectivity leads to positive health externalities.
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Social Interactions and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay: The Role of Urbanization Patterns on the Effectiveness of GOVT Campaigns
2018 Alberto E. Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
Los autores utilizan un experimento de campo para evaluar el impacto de dos campañas informativas “sacar el voto” (get-out-the-vote) para impulsar la participación electoral femenina en Paraguay. Encuentran que las campañas públicas no tuvieron ningún efecto ni en la probabilidad de registro ni en la participación de los votantes en las elecciones presidenciales de 2013. […]
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Business training for microfinance clients: how it matters and for whom?
2008 Verónica Frisancho, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
We mesure the impact of a business training program for female microentrepreneur clients of a group banking program in Peru. Using the credit with education model, we assigned clients randomly to either treatment or control groups.
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Etnicidad, antecedentes linguisticos y la salud materno infantil en el Perú
2007 Martin Valdivia
El papel de los antecedentes lingüísticos y la etnicidad como determinantes de las desigualdades en salud materno infantil en el Perú, gracias a los datos sobre la lengua materna de los ancestros de la mujer entrevistada incluidos en la ronda 2005 de la ENDES.
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Peru: is identifying the poor the main problem in targeting nutritional programs?
2005 Martin Valdivia
The study analyzes the targeting performance of 3 public nutritional programs for children in Peru: the Vaso de Leche, the School Breakfast and an aggregate of programs (ECHINP) that focuses on the nutrition of children under 3.
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Estructura del hogar y ahorro durante el ciclo de vida: evidencia de las cohortes peruanas
2003 Jaime Saavedra, Martin Valdivia
Análisis de la evidencia empírica de los arreglos intergeneracionales de coresidencia y ahorro familiar sobre el seguimiento de cohortes a lo largo de cuatro rondas de la Enaho sobre Medición de Niveles de Vida.
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Evolución de la equidad en salud materno-infantil en el Perú: Endes 1986, 1991-1992, 1996 y 2000
2002 Martin Valdivia
Evolución (1986-2000) de indicadores del estado de salud del niño y de la madre y de aquéllos del uso de servicios públicos de salud; grado de inequidad existente en salud; y descripción de las prácticas en salud reproductiva de las mujeres.
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: menos puede ser mejor
2005 Martin Valdivia
Sorry, this entry is only available in Español.
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JournalEconomics and human biology
Poverty, health infrastructure and the nutrition of peruvian children
2004 Martin Valdivia
This paper offers empirical evidence on the impact of the expansion in health infrastructure of the 1990s upon child nutrition in Peru, as measured by the height for age z-score.
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JournalHealth Policy and Planning
Public health infraestructure and equity in the utilization of outpatient health care services in Peru
2002 Martin Valdivia
This article analyzes the magnitude and nature of socioeconomic differences in the utilization of outpatient health care services in Peru.
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JournalBoletín de Opinión
El trabajo asalariado en las economías rurales del Perú
1998 Martin Valdivia
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JournalBoletín de Opinión
Diversificación en un modelo dinámico de hogares rurales con incertidumbre
1996 Martin Valdivia
La diversificación geográfica y de actividades es un componente clave del comportamiento económico de los hogares rurales, en particular en la sierra del Perú.
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Projects
- Impact evaluation methodology design of the Program Ciudad MujerJanuary 2011 - April 2011
- Impact assessment of the Project for Empowerment of Business WomenApril 2010 - September 2010
- Economic crisis and Millennium Development Goals in PeruNovember 2009 - December 2009
- Regional Office of the Network of Economic Policies and Poverty, second roundNovember 2009 - September 2011
- Adolescent pregnancy: Evaluating the effectiveness of preventive interventions in Latin AmericaSeptember 2009 - December 2009
- Evaluation of the effectiveness of an online training program about sexual health and sexuality for public school students in ColombiaMarch 2009 - August 2010
- Improving access to markets for indigenous communities in Panama: an evaluation of the role of rural pathsFebruary 2009 - June 2009
- Baseline of the Empowerment of Business Women ProjectJanuary 2009 - August 2009
- Conditioning factors and heterogeneity of impacts of the improvements on the rural roads of PeruJuly 2008
- Design of the impact assessment of the gender and microfinances projectMay 2008 - June 2008
Media
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Selected Publications
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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
2020 Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
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Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
2019 Alberto Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
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