Publications of Education and learning
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Cambios en el bienestar de los hogares: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
This report presents the first findings on variations in the well-being of the households we follow, found in the fourth round of surveys of the Young Lives study in Peru in 2013. It describes some of the changes that have occurred in household poverty levels over the eleven years since we first interviewed the children […]
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Diseño y métodos del estudio: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
Sorry, this entry is only available in Español.
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Electrification and Educational Outcomes in Rural Peru
The authors study the effects of electrification on educational outcomes in Peru by taking advantage of a program that rapidly increased electricity coverage in rural areas. Using household survey panel data from 2007-2010, we document that: i) girls living in treated districts are more likely to be enrolled in school, and this effect is larger […]
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Las múltiples formas y efectos de la participación del sector privado en la educación
Sorry, this entry is only available in Español.
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Urgency and possibility: first initiative of comparative data on child development in Latin America
For many children, the circumstances of their birth and earliest years have lifelong consequences. Where and to whom a child is born can predict her economic and social outcomes later in life. Children born to parents who invest emotional and economic resources in their development tend to become healthy and productive adults, passing on the […]
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Inequality in school resources and academic achievement: Evidence from Peru
This paper goes further in the discussion on the determinants of school attainment in developing countries. To properly estimate the effects of school resources on academic achievement, we need to take into account the large geographical inequalities in the distribution of school resources and the supply constraints faced by students living in poor areas. We […]
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“Yo sé que va a ir más allá, va a continuar estudiando” Expectativas educativas de estudiantes, padres y docentes en zonas urbanas y rurales del Perú
This study analyses the educational expectations of students, parents and teachers simultaneously in order to observe the congruence —or otherwise— between these expectations and their implications for students’ educational outcomes. In addition, due to the longitudinal nature of its data, it explores factors related to the formation of educational expectations at the beginning of secondary […]
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Factores de eficacia escolar en el uso de laptops del programa OLPC
This paper analyzes which variables related with the provision of XO laptops from the One Laptop per Child (OLPC) program are linked with higher achievement in reading comprehension, math achievement, cognitive skills, and abilities to use the laptops. We used the data collected for the impact evaluation of the OLPC program in Peru in 2010 […]
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El rol del director en la escuela: el liderazgo pedagógico y su incidencia sobre el rendimiento académico
A pesar del reconocimiento que la literatura sobre escuelas eficaces y la agenda política actual le otorgan al liderazgo en la dirección y gestión de la escuela, existen pocas investigaciones abocadas a analizar y recoger evidencia empírica sobre la incidencia que tiene el liderazgo pedagógico del director sobre el rendimiento académico de los estudiantes. Este […]
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PRIDI. Regional Project on Child Development Indicators. Urgency and Possibility. First Initiative of Comparative Data on Child Development in Latin America.
The Regional Project on Child Development Indicators, or PRIDI, for its acronym in Spanish, was formally launched in December of 2009 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The first initiative of its kind worldwide, PRIDI seeks to generate high quality and regionally comparable data on child development outcomes. This report summarizes the implementation of the project […]
