Mauricio Espinoza Hermoza
Adjunct Researcher
PhD candidate in Economic Development - Wageningen University & Reseach
mespinoza@grade.org.pe
Mauricio is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE. He holds a master’s degree in Agriculture, Environment and Regional Economics from Pennsylvania State University and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He is currently a PhD candidate in Economic Development at Wageningen University & Reseach in the Netherlands. His areas of specialization are agricultural economics, economic development and public policy evaluation. He has been a consultant for institutions such as the World Bank, the University of Chicago, the Institute of Development Studies at the University of Sussex, the Ministry of Agriculture in Peru, and the World Agroforestry Center.
Publications
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COVID-19 y las migraciones de la ciudad al campo en el Perú: identificación de amenazas y oportunidades para el uso sostenible del capital natural
2022 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza
This study analyses the dynamics of this return migration to rural areas during 2020 using census data and records of returnee arrivals, and then interviews more than 3,000 households in 19 provinces and 77 districts with the largest flows. Based on this information, we estimate that around a quarter of a million people, mostly young […]
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JournalJournal of Development Economics
Land reform and human capital development: evidence from Peru
2020 Michael Albertus, Mauricio Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
The early establishment and persistence of landholding inequality is linked to poor long-run development outcomes. One crucial channel runs through human capital: large landowners historically underinvested in public goods such as schools, restricted workers and their children from to attending school, and extracted surplus from laborers that could have been invested in human capital. By […]
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The impact of social ties and third-party enforcement on collective action and growth: micro evidence from Peru
2019 Keefer Philip, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza, Ricardo Fort
Exploiting a unique empirical setting, 1,000 vendors in 90 traditional food markets in Lima, researchers document that historic social ties among market founders are associated, decades later, with stricter formal (third party) enforcement of market rules, more collective action, and the greater resilience of market sales to the entry of modern supermarkets. Markets with stronger […]
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Chapter in BookTomando impulso en la agricultura peruana: oportunidades para aumentar la productividad y mejorar la competitividad del sector
Productividad de la agricultura peruana
2017 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza
How productive is Peruvian agriculture? What has been driving productivity growth in the sector in recent years, and are the traditional sources of productivity growth sustainable? Are there opportunities to accelerate productivity growth going forward by tapping into new sources of growth? And do the answers to these questions differ by region? In the Costa […]
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Chapter in BookMidiendo el impacto de la infraestructura de la calidad en América Latina: experiencias, alcances y limitaciones
El proceso de certificación del pisco peruano: una propuesta de medición de sus principales efectos
2014 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza
The main objective of this publication is to contribute to raising awareness of the relevance of quality infrastructure in various aspects of the economy and society, and to strengthen the leading role it should play in public policies. It is also hoped that it will serve as a stimulus for new impact studies in Latin […]
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