Publications of Poverty and equality
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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
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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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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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Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian Highlands
During the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining development with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new mining activities attract migration inflows, and have some positive effects over educational […]
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La incidencia del gasto social y los impuestos en el Perú
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Polarización y segregación en la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: trayectorias desiguales
In the last three decades, Peru experienced the greatest crisis in its republican history (dramatic internal conflict and hyperinflationary process) with a severe macroeconomic adjustment and a set of structural reforms, followed by a dictatorship and the deepening of the economic liberalization process and, finally, 10 years of sustained economic growth. The last decade has […]
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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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Heterogeneidad espacial y dinámicas de pobreza
This study highlights the centrality of the spatial dimension in the statistical analysis of well-being, an analysis that seeks to support decision-making in some areas of public policy. It should be noted that the aims of the study do not include the definition and validation of a conceptual framework; rather, they are focused on more […]
