Publications
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Criminal Legalities in the Global South. Cultural Dynamics, Political Tensions, and Institutional Practices
In Peru, corruption is widespread. Under the intention of addressing the problem of corruption, the justice system reacted by creating a specialized sub judicial system, which accompanied the introduction of a new Criminal Procedure Code that allowed less bureaucratic oral criminal proceedings. While these changes promised justice and efficiency, in this chapter it is argued […]
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History matters, but differently: Persisting and perpetuating effects on the likelihood of intimate partner violence
Ecological models of violence center on systems (micro, meso, and macro) surrounding personal history of violence, but few studies properly assess the effects of personal history on the likelihood of victimization. Using the Peruvian Demographic and Health Survey (N=74,204), the authors examine the effect personal history of violence has on the likelihood of recent intimate […]
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Encouraging use of prenatal care through conditional cash transfers: evidence from JUNTOS in Peru
Researchers use a difference‐in‐differences strategy to estimate the effects of JUNTOS, a conditional cash transfer program targeted to poor rural households in Peru, on use of prenatal care. Using data from the Peruvian Demographic and Health Surveys over the period 2000–2011, they find that JUNTOS increased prenatal care utilization among program‐eligible women. Even more, they […]
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Venciendo la adversidad: trayectorias educativas de los estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
The study on which this policy brief is based analyzes which factors are associated with the fact that girls and boys born in contexts of relative poverty in rural areas not only remain in school, but also register high educational performance in tests of mathematical and verbal knowledge at 15 years of age. For this, […]
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El desgobierno del mercado educativo y la intensificación de la segregación escolar socioeconómica en el Perú
Perú is the country in Latin America with the biggest gap in the educational achievements of students from rich and poor families. At the same time it is a radical example of the global trend towards the development of educational markets. On the sidelines of the liberalization of private educational investment, the free choice of schools has […]
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Venciendo la adversidad: trayectorias educativas de estudiantes pobres en zonas rurales del Perú
The Peruvian education system is characterized by high levels of access, low levels of learning and high inequality. There are several reasons why some students access a high level of education and learning, while others do not. In general, it can be affirmed that there is a connection between socioeconomic characteristics and student performance, and […]
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El conocimiento del contenido por parte de los docentes y su relación con el rendimiento de los estudiantes de sexto de primaria: una mirada a las tres regiones naturales del Perú
Literature has shown the importance of both the figure of the teacher and the variables associated with the educational context, since they directly affect learning and can be influenced by short-term policies. This study determines the knowledge of the content —level of knowledge regarding the disciplinary area taught— of the teachers of Mathematics of the […]
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The ungoverned education market and the deepening of socio-economic school segregation in Peru
This chapter explores how these trends explain existing patterns of socio-economic school segregation. While other forms of educational segregation – such as that between rural and urban education – are important, the chapter will focus on what is happening in urban areas as a consequence of the expansion of the private education market. We argue […]
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Contratos laborales en el Perú: dinámica y determinantes
Beyond the commonly explored formality / informality binomial, this study helps to understand the duality of the formal labor market in Peru, determined by the type of contract used. It is found that 70% of the formal work initiated between 2012 and 2016 involved a temporary contract; 19%, one for an indeterminate period; and the […]
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Medición de la prevalencia de la violencia física y psicológica hacia niñas, niños y adolescentes, y sus factores asociados en el Perú. Evidencia de Niños del Milenio
The prevalence of violence —in particular against children and adolescents— is one of the great pending challenges in Peru. This paper uses data from the Young Lives longitudinal study with two objectives: first, to document the prevalence of experiences of physical and psychological violence suffered by children and adolescents; and second, to analyze the life cycle factors […]
