Publications
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What difference do schools make? A mixed methods study in secondary schools in Peru
This study contributes to the scarce literature on school effectiveness in secondary education in Peru by addressing the following questions: i) which educational processes within schools are most influential in math and reading comprehension? and in the case of the most effective schools, ii) what is the importance that principals, teachers, and students place on […]
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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
This policy brief analyses the situation in Latin America and the Caribbean with respect to their levels of growth in the higher education attendance rate. In the case of Peru, the gross attendance rate at this level increased between 2001 and 2019 (for 17-21 year olds). In this context of increased access, the quality of […]
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Do more school resources increase learning outcomes? Evidence from an extended school-day reform
It remains an open debate whether allocating more resources improves the learning outcomes of students in low-performing public schools. We focus on the effect of increased instructional time, which is theoretically ambiguous due to possible compensatory changes in student, teacher or parent effort. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find that a reform that extends […]
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Tensiones entre segregación escolar y desarrollo ciudadano
This essay proposes a well-founded reflection on the effect of school segregation by socioeconomic levels and the development of citizenship as an expression of democratic institutionality. Basically, it is about discussing the following question: Why should it be meaningful to be concerned about an educational model where the poor and the rich are educated in […]
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Estrategias de cuidado infantil en familias vulnerables peruanas: Evidencia del estudio cualitativo longitudinal Niños del Milenio.
The document addresses what families face in situations of changes that impact and weaken their economy, the care of children is in second place, which affects their wellbeing. The voices of the children themselves identify the need for care networks beyond the family environment; the urgency of promoting public policies regarding the reconciliation of work […]
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The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on physical domestic violence: Evidence from a list randomization experiment
We quantify the increase in physical domestic violence (family or intimate partner violence) experienced by young people aged 18–26 during the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns in Peru. To do this we use an indirect methodology, the double list randomization experiment. The list experiment was embedded in a telephone survey to participants of the Young Lives study, […]
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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
A phone survey administered between August and October 2020 to participants of a population-based longitudinal cohort study established in 2002 comprising two cohorts born in 1994–1995 and 2001–2002 in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), Peru and Vietnam. We use logistic regressions to examine associations between mental health and pandemic-related stressors, structural factors (gender, age), […]
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Políticas para combatir la pandemia de COVID-19
This paper addresses the particular circumstances of the policies used in the containment of the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis is made of the implementation of an appropriate epidemiological surveillance policy, with adequate diagnostic testing; contact tracing; and the use of effective isolation protocols. This same document proposes five areas for improvement and changes in the […]
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Nuevos formatos pedagógicos para una escuela sin grados
Los sistemas educativos necesitan construir nuevos modos de organizar las actividades escolares y el aprendizaje, con el fin de desarrollar la capacidad de niñas y niños para concebir y desarrollar proyectos; es decir, la capacidad proyectiva. Al respecto, las escuelas multigrado cuentan con una importante ventaja que es necesario aprovechar: el trabajo conjunto de estudiantes […]
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Los cuadernos de autoaprendizaje, los manuales docentes y otros materiales de ayuda para aprender y enseñar en el medio rural
En el contexto actual de pandemia, que amplifica las dificultades previas de la educación rural, se torna necesaria en el Perú – como en otros países del mundo – una reflexión acerca del rol de los cuadernos de autoaprendizaje, de los manuales docentes y de los materiales didácticos en general, así como su evaluación continua […]
