Working paper
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Transparencia y rendición de cuentas en los hospitales públicos: el caso peruano
This study analyses the problem of corruption in public hospitals from an institutional perspective. The specific objectives were: i) to analyse the influence of the different institutional structures of the organisations providing health services on the type and degree of corruption; and ii) to make policy recommendations to combat these problems based on the causal […]
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Institutions, politics and contracts: the privatization attempt of the water and sanitation utility of Lima, Peru
In 1989-90 Peru underwent a severe economic crisis with a 5.4 percent decline in GDP and inflation peaking at an annual rate of over 7,600 percent (World Bank 1998). The newly elected President, Alberto Fujimori, embarked on a program of sweeping structural reforms that turned Peru from a state-directed to a market-led economy. The reforms […]
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Alternativas para mejorar el sistema de bonificaciones a plazas docentes de zonas rurales y otras condiciones especiales
The general objective of this study is to improve the system of financial bonuses linked to rural teaching posts and other special conditions. The latter can be geographical (high altitude, border, rural or jungle areas), related to the type of population (bilingual or multicultural area) or areas requiring teachers with special skills (speaking the language […]
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Trabajando y estudiando en América Latina rural: decisiones críticas de los adolescentes
This paper assesses the determinants of school attendance and work for rural adolescents between the ages of 10 and 18 between 1997-1998 for a selected sample of Latin American countries. The present research is based on household surveys, applied to members of different ages and backgrounds, and designed to make inferences about the determinants of […]
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La regulación y el manejo de controversias de los sectores de telecomunicaciones y electricidad: un análisis institucional comparativo
Se analiza desde una perspectiva comparativa los marcos regulatorios de los sectores de telecomunicaciones y de electricidad con especial énfasis en su capacidad para resolver conflictos al interior del sector.
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La carrera del maestro en el Perú: factores institucionales, incentivos económicos y desempeño
Análisis de los factores institucionales que determinan la composición del magisterio y de los perfiles (socioeconómicos, educativos y motivacionales) de los que estudian para ser maestros y de quienes ejercen.
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Income smoothing over the life cycle: family living arrangements and the welfare of peruvian households
Se presentan evidencias que indican que los hogares peruanos no suavizan consumo a lo largo del ciclo de vida a través del típico mecanismo de ahorro-desahorro.
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Does geography explains differences in economics growth in Peru?
In Peru, a country with an astonishing variety of different ecological areas, including 84 different climate zones and landscapes, with rainforests, high mountain ranges and dry deserts, the geographical context may not be all that matters, but it could be very significant in explaining regional variations in income and welfare. The major question this paper […]
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Household and individual decision-making over the life cycle: a first look at the evidence from peruvian cohorts
We identify stylized facts about the implications of these changes at the micro level through the use of pseudo-panels from household-level data for Peru.
