Martín Valdivia Huaringa
Senior Researcher
PhD in Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
jvaldivi@grade.org.pe
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 Economics, the American Journal of Political Science, among others. He is an active member of networks such the Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA), Innovations for Poverty Action (IPA), Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab (J-PAL LAC) and Experiments in Governance and Politics (EGAP). He is currently researching the drivers of financial inclusion and the economic empowerment of women in urban and rural areas of Brazil, Peru and the Dominican Republic, as well as on the role of transparency and citizen participation in the fight against corruption in Peru.
Publications
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JournalThe World Bank Economic Review
Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
2020 Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
This study reports results from a randomized evaluation of a mandatory six-month Internet-based sexual education course implemented across public junior high schools in 21 Colombian cities. Six months after finishing the course, the study finds a 0.4 standard deviation improvement in knowledge, a 0.2 standard deviation improvement in attitudes, and a 55 percent increase in […]
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Chapter in BookInformation Technologies and Economic Development in Latin America
Radio and video as a means for financial education in rural households in Peru
2020 Alberto Chong, , Martin Valdivia
This chapter analyzes the impact of a financial literacy training of a Peruvian microfinance institution, which is delivered by credit officers in monthly sessions with the support of video and radio materials.
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JournalAmerican Journal of Political Science
Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
2019 Alberto Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
Researchers use a field experiment to evaluate the impact of two informational get-out-the-vote campaigns to boost female electoral participation in rural areas of Paraguay. They find that public rallies had a small and insignificant effect either on registration or voter turnout in the 2013 presidential elections. Households that received door-to-door canvassing treatment were 4.6 percentage points more likely […]
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Social Interactions and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay: The Role of Urbanization Patterns on the Effectiveness of GOVT Campaigns
2018 Alberto E. Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
Los autores utilizan un experimento de campo para evaluar el impacto de dos campañas informativas “sacar el voto” (get-out-the-vote) para impulsar la participación electoral femenina en Paraguay. Encuentran que las campañas públicas no tuvieron ningún efecto ni en la probabilidad de registro ni en la participación de los votantes en las elecciones presidenciales de 2013. […]
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JournalJournal of International Development
Health Impacts of a Public–Private Partnership Rural Roads Maintenance Programme
2018 Alberto Chong, Martin Valdivia
The authors provide evidence of health impacts of a public-private rural roads maintenance programme in Peru, which is characterized by a contracting mechanism that employs small local firms. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, they find that improved roads connectivity leads to positive health externalities.
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Impact Evaluation for Policy Making: A Close Look at Latin American Countries with Weaker Research Capacities
2012 Maria Laura Alzua, Habiba Djebbari, Martin Valdivia
The study looks at the way impact evaluation studies are being used for policy making in countries in the region that are a priori considered less capable to absorb the current trend observed in other more developed countries in the region.
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Contracting the road to development: early impacts of a rural roads program
2010 Martin Valdivia
The impacts of the Peruvian rural roads program characterized by the contracting of private local firms for the rehabilitation and maint
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Formando microempresarias: impacto de la capacitación empresarial en las instituciones de microfinanzas y sus socias
2010 Martin Valdivia, Dean Karlan
Medición del impacto marginal de un componente de capacitación en gestión empresarial en un programa de servicios financieros que atiende a mujeres microempresarias peruanas vía la metodología de bancos comunales.
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Business training for microfinance clients: how it matters and for whom?
2008 Verónica Frisancho, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
We mesure the impact of a business training program for female microentrepreneur clients of a group banking program in Peru. Using the credit with education model, we assigned clients randomly to either treatment or control groups.
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Etnicidad, antecedentes linguisticos y la salud materno infantil en el Perú
2007 Martin Valdivia
El papel de los antecedentes lingüísticos y la etnicidad como determinantes de las desigualdades en salud materno infantil en el Perú, gracias a los datos sobre la lengua materna de los ancestros de la mujer entrevistada incluidos en la ronda 2005 de la ENDES.
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JournalReview of Economics and Statistics
Teaching entrepreneurship: impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions
2011 Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
Using a randomized control trial, we measure the marginal impact of adding business training to a Peruvian group lending program for fem
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JournalEstudios Económicos
The permanent effects of recessions on child health: evidence from Peru
2010 Martin 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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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
El enfoque de género en el estudio “Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: ¿una cuestión de número o de momento?”
2006 Martin Valdivia
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JournalEconomía y Sociedad
Planificación familiar y salud materno-infantil en el Perú: menos puede ser mejor
2005 Martin Valdivia
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JournalEconomics and human biology
Poverty, health infrastructure and the nutrition of peruvian children
2004 Martin Valdivia
This paper offers empirical evidence on the impact of the expansion in health infrastructure of the 1990s upon child nutrition in Peru, as measured by the height for age z-score.
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Acceso al crédito en las economías rurales: diferencias entre el sector formal e informal en el Perú
Perú: el problema agrario en debate - SEPIA VI1996 Martin Valdivia, Juan Pablo Silva
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Projects
- Enrollment and voting campaign project for electoral participation of women in ParaguaySeptember 2012 - August 2015
- Training for development: recent progress and policy lessonsSeptember 2012 - December 2013
- Administration of the PEP-PAGE projectAugust 2012 - August 2015
- Towards universal health coverage in LAC: The Peruvian caseAugust 2012 - August 2012
- Mini-novels, financial education and savings promotionJuly 2012 - April 2014
- Ethnic-racial discrimination in health services in Guatemala: an audit study to evaluate the impacts of an intervention based on health rightsApril 2012 - March 2015
- Expansion of rural micro financing services for people with low income through community banking in ParaguayApril 2012 - June 2012
- Impact assessment as a policy instrument in Latin AmericaMay 2011 - August 2011
- Preventive measures against evasionMarch 2011 - May 2011
- Impact evaluation methodology design of the Program Ciudad MujerJanuary 2011 - April 2011
Media
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Por qué no un banco agrario de primer piso
November 25, 2001 Rural development and agriculture
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Sobre la pequeña agricultura
November 1, 2001 Rural development and agriculture
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Selected Publications
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Do Information Technologies Improve Teenagers’ Sexual Education? Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in Colombia
2020 Alberto Chong, Marco Gonzalez-Navarro, Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia
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Urbanization Patterns, Information Diffusion, and Female Voting in Rural Paraguay
2019 Alberto Chong, Gianmarco León, Vivian Roza, Martin Valdivia, Gabriela Vega
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