Publications of Psychometric characteristics of cognitive development and achievement instruments in Round 2 of Young Lives
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Psychometric characteristics of cognitive development and achievement instruments in Round 2 of Young Lives
Young Lives (YL) is a long-term international research project about childhood poverty based at the University of Oxford that integrates cutting edge research with local, national
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Maternal Migration and Child Well-Being in Peru
Se evidencia que la migración no sólo influencia a los que emigran, sino que también puede tener efectos intergeneracionales en los hijos.
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Early Nutrition and Cognitive Achievement in Pre-school Children in Peru
This paper examines the relationship between early stunting and later cognitive achievement.
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Gender Wage Gaps in Central American Countries: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Approach
The authors compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s using the non-parametric matching methodology introduced by Ñopo (2008), which allows an analysis not only of average gaps but also their distributions. While a simple comparison of average wages would suggest small or even negative […]
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La formación de los economistas en América Latina
En el artículo se presenta una visión comparada de la formación de economistas en cinco países de América Latina. Para tal fin, se analizan la currícula, los libros de texto comúnmente utilizados, la dedicación de los profesores, los métodos de enseñanza, y el uso de tecnologías y herramientas computacionales. Así mismo, siguiendo el enfoque de […]
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New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America
The paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country heterogeneity. The unexplained pay gap is higher among older, informal and self-employed workers and […]
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Happiness and Beliefs in Criminal Environments
The paper uses newly available data to describe the distribution of crime victimization and other criminal activities (including drug trafficking and corruption) around the world. The paper then documents a negative (positive) correlation between measures of criminal activity and happiness and measures of positive (negative) emotions. The paper also studies the correlation between ideological beliefs […]
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