Publications of Behaviors, Strategies and Achievement in Reading Comprehension in PISA: Analysis for Peru
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Behaviors, Strategies and Achievement in Reading Comprehension in PISA: Analysis for Peru
Learning to read is internationally considered a central goal of schooling. In this analysis we used data from PISA on reading comprehension for Peru, with the aim of determining if the socioeconomic characteristics of students are associated with their performance, behaviors and educational strategies, as well as with their school environment. Regarding educational resources for […]
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Impacto de Educación Inicial Sobre Desempeño Académico
El Ministerio de Educación del Perú (MINEDU) lleva implementando en los últimos 5 años una ambiciosa campaña de expansión de la educación inicial, con el propósito de cerrar brechas en acceso a educación temprana. El objetivo de incrementar el acceso a educación inicial es mejorar la preparación de los estudiantes al ingresar a primaria a […]
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La perspectiva económica de la regulación laboral y la legislación laboral peruana
In this presentation I would like to convey to you the view of labor market regulation from the perspective of economics. In other words, how economists see labor law regulations, their motivations and objectives. From this reflection and the discussion of international evidence he presented some reflections on the regulation of the Peruvian labor market.
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Productividad y apertura comercial en el Perú
We study the relationship between productivity and trade openness in Peru. We find that firms that participate in international trade, either as exporters and/or importers, have systematically higher productivity compared to those that only produce for the domestic market. Free trade agreements, on average, generate a positive productivity gap, and firms that export to the […]
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Productividad sectorial en el Perú: un análisis a nivel de firmas
This paper estimates the production function at the firm level of the Peruvian economy, which allows us to characterise the productivity of the firm through its total factor productivity and its labour productivity. The data correspond to all formal firms that reported data between 2002 and 2011. This information allows us to correct for the […]
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Los retornos de las habilidades cognitivas y socioemocionales en el Perú
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Impacts of the Peruvian conditional cash transfer program on women empowerment: a quantitative and qualitative approach
This study aims to identify the effects of the conditional cash transfer program of Peru, Juntos, on women’s empowerment. Although the program does not envisage women’s welfare as an objective per se, women play a key role as they are the main recipients of the cash transfer and are responsible for compliance with the program’s conditions and thus […]
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Combinando protección social con generación de oportunidades económicas: una evaluación de los avances del programa Haku Wiñay
The aim of this volume is to provide rigorous evidence of the initial impacts of the Mi Chacra Emprendedora-Haku Wiñay project in a representative sample of its areas of intervention in the rural highlands. The first chapter of the book situates the project within the framework of interventions that combine productive development programmes with social […]
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Impact Evaluation of the Job Youth Training Program Projoven
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El gasto público en infancia y niñez en América Latina y el Caribe ¿Cuánto y cuán efectivo?
The objective of the study is to analyse the levels, evolution, composition and quality of public social spending on children in Latin America and the Caribbean. To this, a sample of eight countries is analysed: Chile, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua and Peru.
