Projects of Education and learning
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One Laptop per Child at home. Technology and human capital: interventions at home: general supervision, training and monitoring. Second stage
Continuation of the study commenced in 2001, under which laptops of the OLPC (One Laptop per Child) program are randomly assigned to students of the six primary school grades in 14 schools with low performance in Lima. This time, another 14 schools are included (also randomly assigned) which do not receive the laptops individually, but […]
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Teacher absenteeism: Associated factors and effect on performance
The study has two objectives. The first one is to describe how the demographic characteristics of teachers, their formation and professional experience and their commitment and satisfaction with their work interact and relate to teacher absenteeism in educational institutions in urban and rural zones. The second objective is to study the relation existing between teacher […]
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Individual and family characteristics, educational opportunities and school performance: a longitudinal study in Peru
Studies conducted in Peru and other developing countries suggest that the educational system is set out in an unfair manner, strengthening existing inequalities in society in general. For instance, students from families in higher socio-economic level usually attend private educational institutions, which, in general, have better infrastructure than public educational institutions and higher performances in […]
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The effects of characteristics of students and of their secondary education institutions on their transition towards higher education (or towards the labor market): A longitudinal study in Metropolitan Lima.
The reform of the Peruvian civil service is currently on debate, causing the study of income differences between the public and private sectors to become relevant. This study seeks to add to the little literature existing in this respect, proposing a new identification strategy to address the bias produced by non-observable variables. Furthermore, it will […]
