Health and Nutrition
GRADE research in this area is focused on the analysis of issues such as the state of health and nutrition in Peru, how this related to social exclusion, socio-economic status and growth, as well as how it impacts on the ability of individuals and families to develop different capacities.
Senior Researchers
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Lorena Alcázar Valdivia
PhD en Economics - Washington University
Lorena has a BA in Economics from the Pacific University in Peru, a Master’s Degree in Political and International Economy from the Kiel Institute of World Economics, and a PhD in Economics from Washington University. She is currently a Senior Researcher at the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE). Previously, she served as Vice-President […]
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Alan Sánchez Jiménez
PhD en Economics - University of Oxford
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact […]
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Martín Valdivia Huaringa
PhD en Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
Martin Valdivia has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a Senior Researcher at GRADE since 1993. His fields of interest include entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, rural development and more recently democratic governance, with publications in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development […]
Research Assistants
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Dianela Espinoza Fernández
BA en -
Dianela is an economist from the University of Piura. At GRADE, she supports Alan Sanchez in the “Young Lives at Work” and “Nutrition, Lifestyle, Genes and Metabolome – A Biosocial Cohort Study of Obesity and its Consequences for Non-Communicable Diseases in Young Adults from Urban Peru” projects.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
Publications
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¿Qué hemos aprendido del estudio longitudinal Niños del Milenio? Síntesis de hallazgos
2018 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, , Nicolás Pazos, Mary Penny, Vanessa Rojas, Alan Sanchez, Claudia Felipe
The Young Lives Peru Country Report presents a summary of the main findings that emerge from analysing the Young Lives data from Peru across a longitudinal study following two cohorts of children in various situations from remote rural areas to urban communities, as a component of a larger multicountry project. The study relates conditions early […]
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JournalReview of Development Economics
Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru
2017 Marta Favara
Using data from the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives study, this paper investigates the association between maternal group participation and child nutritional status at the ages of 1 and 5 years. This study finds that the relationship between child nutrition and maternal group participation depends on the level of maternal education. In fact, maternal […]
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Does Visual Acuity Have an Effect on Children’s Educational Achievement?
2017 Santiago Cueto, Javier Escobal, Juan Leon, Mary Penny
Inequity is an important issue for many international initiatives, including the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One aspect of inequity that has received little attention is the impact of disability on education. This working paper explores whether mild or moderate levels of visual impairment are associated with educational performance for 7 and 8-year-old children in […]
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JournalPublic Health Nutrition
Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements v. micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants
2017 Susana L. Matías, Alejandro Vargas-Vásquez, Ricardo Bado Pérez, Lorena Alcazar, Oscar Aquino Vivanco, Amelia Rodriguez Martín, Jose Pedro Novalbos Ruiz
The objective of this article is to determine the effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) on children’s Hb, linear growth and development, compared with supplementation with micronutrient powder (MNP). Regarding its design, the study was a two-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial, where participants received either LNS or MNP for daily consumption during 6 months. Supplements […]
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JournalJournal of Population Research
Is education a risk factor or social vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The effect of schooling across public health periods
2017 Juan Leon, David Baker, Daniel Salinas, Adrienne Henck
Early in the 30-year HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological studies identified formal education attainment as a risk factor: educated Sub-Saharan Africans had a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than their less educated peers. Later demographic research reported that by the mid-1990s the education effect had reversed, and education began to function as a social […]
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Desigualdades en el acceso, uso y gasto con el agua potable en América Latina y el Caribe
2001
Estudios en once países basados en encuestas de hogares de propósitos múltiples. Las respuestas establecen el tipo de acceso al agua para conocer las características socio-económicas de los hogares.
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The assets of the poor in Peru
2000Maximo Torero, Javier Escobal,
The document analyzes the possession and access to assets on the part of the poor in Peru.
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Transparencia y rendición de cuentas en los hospitales públicos: el caso peruano
2000Lorena Alcazar, ,
El presente estudio analiza el problema de la corrupción en hospitales públicos desde una perspectiva institucional.
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Morbilidad autoreportada y los retornos a la salud para los varones urbanos en el Perú: enfermedad vs. incapacidad
2000Martin Valdivia, ,
Evidencia sobre los determinantes de salud para varones adultos de zonas urbanas y sus efectos en la productividad, usando dos medidas de morbilidad autoreportadas: el número de días de enfermedad y de incapacidad.
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JournalPan American Journal of Public Health
Equity in health and health care in Peru, 2004-2008
2013, Martin Valdivia, , ,
Este estudio evalúa si las recientes tendencias económicas positivas y las políticas de salud pro-pobres han logrado mayor equidad en la salud, y explora los factores claves que explican este cambio.
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JournalRevista de Psicología
Impact of a group intervention with mothers and babies on child development
2011Juan Jose Diaz,
Se evalúa el impacto de una intervención grupal, con madres y niños de ocho meses de edad, en el desarrollo de los niños, realizada en un distrito urbano marginal de Lima Metropolitana.
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JournalEarly Child Development and Care
The influence of maternal employment on children’s learning growth and the role of parental involvement
2011Juan Leon, , ,
Using data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, this study employed a latent growth curve model to examine how parental involvement explains the association between maternal employment status and children's math and reading achievement growth from kindergarten through the third grade.
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JournalEstudios Económicos
The permanent effects of recessions on child health: evidence from Peru
2010Martin Valdivia, Jorge Aguero,
Se explora el efecto permanente de las recesiones macroeconómicas sobre la salud materna e infantil en Perú. We explore the permanent effects that recessions have on health-related outcomes of mothers and children in Peru.
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Projects
News
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How does anaemia affect the national economy? With regard to the recent numbers from the Demographic and Health Survey (ENDES) 2017, El Comercio highlights the findings of Lorena Alcázar on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru. The main finding of our researcher is that the prevalence of this disease costs Peruvian society approximately S […]
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Stories about children. Oswaldo Molina writes about the 15 years of Young Lives Peru
June 23, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
What is it like to be a poor child in Peru? Oswaldo Molina, director of the Master’s in Economics at Universidad del Pacífico, writes in El Comercio about the findings of Young Lives Peru during 15 years of research. Although, in general terms, the study shows that the welfare of families has improved in these […]
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Young Lives Peru releases a summary of is findings on the drivers and impacts of childhood poverty in Peru
June 18, 2018 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
The longitudinal study Young Lives Peru has published a summary of the findings of five rounds of surveys applied to children and their families —in the years 2002, 2006, 2009, 2013 and 2016—. These findings provide a broad overview of some indicators of child poverty, and account for changes in the lives of children and youth during […]
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Alan Sánchez’s research is selected in the 2018 INEI National Research Call
May 15, 2018 Education and learning, Health and nutrition
We congratulate our senior researcher, Alan Sánchez, whose research, “Relationship between adolescent pregnancy and adolescent maternity and educational and labor outcomes: an approach based on data from the ENDES”, was selected in the 2018 National Research Call of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). List of winners here.
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Lorena Alcázar’s findings on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru are highlighted by Instituto Integración
March 15, 2018 Health and nutrition
The latest report of Integration Institute (Instituto Integración) highlights a study conducted by Lorena Alcázar, senior researcher at GRADE, on the economic impact of anaemia in Peru, which finds that “anaemia costs Peruvian society approximately S./ 2.777 billion (0.4% of GDP in 2016)”.
Events
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Presentación del Dr. Jere Behrman (Universidad de Pennsylvania) del estudio: “Transmisión Intergeneracional de la Pobreza y la Inequidad”, organizada por Niños del Milenio
05/03/2015 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Alan Sánchez presentará “Impacto del programa JUNTOS sobre desarrollo infantil: evidencia de Niños del Milenio y más”
15/12/2014 9:00 am Centro de Convenciones Hermasie Piaget (Av. Belén 245, San Isidro) Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Santiago Cueto presentará hallazgos de PRIDI en desarrollo infantil en el Perú y países de la región en Washington
11/12/2014 11:00 am 1330 New York Ave, NW, Washington DC - Auditorium Enrique V. Iglesias, United States Education and learning, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
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Cusco: Eduardo Zegarra y otros expertos participarán en foro sobre agricultura familiar, alimentación y desarrollo
06/05/2014 4:00 pm Auditorio de la Municipalidad Provincial del Cusco Rural development and agriculture, Health and nutrition
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Seleccionados residentes y no residentes de Lima Metropolitana participarán en taller del uso de base de datos de Niños del Milenio
20/02/2014 → 21/02/2014 8:45 am - 5:15 pm Auditorio de GRADE Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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- Health and Nutrition
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