Publications of One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru
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One Laptop per Child at Home: Short-Term Impacts from a Randomized Experiment in Peru
This paper presents results from a randomized controlled trial whereby approximately 1,000 OLPC XO laptops were provided for home use to children attending primary schools in Lima, Peru. The intervention increased access and use of home computers, with some substitution away from computer use outside the home. Children randomized to receive laptops scored about 0.8 […]
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Apego al terruño: la geografía de los mercados laborales de docentes
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Juventud y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
Young adults in the older cohort, at age 19, have reached a stage in life where they face critical choices and decisions. A large proportion of them had already completed school, and many are in post-secondary education. However, considerable gender differences were identified in terms of university education and time use, in favour of men. […]
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Nutrición y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
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Educación y aprendizaje: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
La educación ha sido destacada en el Perú e internacionalmente como un factor clave para el desarrollo personal y crecimiento económico. Si bien el Perú ha avanzado notablemente en términos de acceso y matrícula escolar, todavía tiene que vencer muchos desafíos para lograr niveles altos de aprendizaje para todos sus niños. En general, los datos […]
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Cambios en el bienestar de los hogares: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
This report presents the first findings on variations in the well-being of the households we follow, found in the fourth round of surveys of the Young Lives study in Peru in 2013. It describes some of the changes that have occurred in household poverty levels over the eleven years since we first interviewed the children […]
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Diseño y métodos del estudio: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
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Despojo del agua en Latinoamérica: introducción a la ecología política del agua en los agronegocios, la minería y las hidroeléctricas
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Electrification and Educational Outcomes in Rural Peru
The authors study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly increased electricity coverage in rural areas. Using household survey panel data from 2007-2010, we document that: i) girls living in treated districts are more likely to be enrolled in school, and this effect is larger […]
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Impactos del programa Juntos sobre el empoderamiento de la mujer
This study aims to identify the impact of the Juntos on the well-being of beneficiary mothers, specifically on the empowerment process that can develop as a result of the program’s characteristics. To this end, quantitative and qualitative methods are combined, using information available from household surveys —ENDES and Young Lives— and in-depth interviews and focus groups […]
