Projects of Health and nutrition
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Impacts of the tax policies in health and nutrition indicators
The study will examine the objectives and design of taxes on tobacco, sugar-sweetened beverages and alcoholic beverages in Peru, focusing on their implementation and impact on relevant health indicators. Building on existing research, it will identify the nature of the health problems associated with the consumption of these products, analyze the health tax policies implemented, […]
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The Making of a Public Sector Worker: The Causal Effects of Temporary Work Assignments to Poor Areas
Many developed and developing countries, including Peru, experience an unequal distribution of health workers between rural and urban areas (WHO, 2022). Motivated by recent literature suggesting that beliefs and preferences are malleable, this project seeks to understand whether temporary assignments of health workers to poor areas can address rural worker shortages by changing subsequent beliefs, […]
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Healthy taxes and tobacco consumption in Peru
The project involves developing a study about the effectiveness and efficiency of cigarette taxation policy in Peru, analyzing the response of agents to the last two major adjustments (2016, 2018). Related publications: Valdivia, M. (2023). Acerca de la efectividad tributaria para el control de tabaco en el Perú. GRADE; Tabaconomía; Colat-Perú. Valdivia, M. (2023). Acerca de la efectividad tributaria […]
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Methodological note for the impact evaluation of district home visits for the reduction of anaemia in children
The aim is to develop a methodological note for an impact evaluation that determines the casual effect of home visits made by district municipalities in the framework of the Program of Incentives for the Improvement of Municipal Management (IP) in reducing anaemia among children from 4 to 11 years old.
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Analysis of factors associated with overweight and obesity and validation of the instrument of frequency and quantity of food consumption
The study has two objectives. The first objective is to carry out an analysis of nutritional trajectories throughout the life cycle, from childhood to youth, with the objective of knowing the factors that determine overweight and obesity in Peru. To do this, use will be made of longitudinal information collected by the Young Lives study. The […]
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Estimating the illicit cigarettes consumption in Peru
This study presents the results of a pilot test of three data collection instruments for measuring the rate of illegality or smuggling: a survey of smokers about their consumption patterns, the collection of packs discarded by smokers on the street, and the exchange of discarded packs by two types of retailers: bodegas and street vendors. […]
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The influence of executive functions in the mental health of vulnerable adolescents: a multi-site focus and of low- and medium-income countries
Executive functions (short-term memory, cognitive flexibility, selective attention, inhibition) are critical for emotional, cognitive and social functioning and interpersonal relationships. Problems in executive functions are strongly linked with mental health issues in high-income countries. However, there is little evidence of this type of relationship in low- and middle-income countries, as well as a few culturally […]
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Relationship between adolescent pregnancy and adolescent maternity and educational and labor outcomes: an approach based on ENDES data
There is little quantitative evidence on the consequences of teen pregnancy for Peru. The aim of this study is to measure the short-term and medium-term consequences of having a child during adolescence or of being pregnant in educational outcomes and basic labor market outcomes, using data from the Demographic and Health Survey Family (ENDES) from […]
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Prices, taxes and tobacco consumption in Peru
This study aims to estimate the price elasticity of the cigarette consumption in Peru, with special emphasis on the analysis of its heterogeneity by gender and age and socio-economical level. It is proposed to use the databases of the surveys applied by DEVIDA to high school students and the population in general; those which have not previously […]
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Young Lives Peru 2017-2018
The longitudinal study Young Lives Peru has been carried out since 2001. Its purpose is to understand how poverty is linked and has implications for a number of development issues of two cohorts —born in 1994 and 2001— in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Since the fifth round of the 2016 household survey has been already completed, in 2017 […]
