Projects
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Preparation of a methodology for analyzing the relationship between the supply of technological education and the demand of the productive sectors at a regional level
The aim of this study is to develop a methodology to measure the level of linkage between the educational offer of Public Technological Higher Education Institutes and the demand of the productive sectors at a regional level. This tool will be used as part of the process of optimizing the educational offer established by the Law […]
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Measuring the prevalence of physical and psychological violence against children and teenagers: evidence of Young Lives Peru
The aim of this study is to produce and disseminate new evidence on (i) the prevalence of physical and psychological violence against children and teenagers in Peru; (ii) the life cycle factors linked to prevalences.
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Commercialization of higher education in Peru: economic and equity implications
The aim of this pilot study are: (1) to explore aspects related to the commercialization of higher education in Peru; (2) collect information and preliminary (quantitative and qualitative) data sources and perform a preliminary analysis that will be useful to carry out future studies and a research paper; (3) develop a proposal to be sent […]
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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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Household survey, middle class consumption patterns in Lima
The study is part of a research initiative of the Economic Development Institute of Germany, which also involves two other countries, the Philippines and Ghana. The study aims to identify patterns of carbon consumption in middle class households in Lima, with a focus on transportation, household appliances and housing, and its determinants. We want to answer […]
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of educational interventions and strategies to promote the use of Skills Bank
The Inter-American Development Bank has developed a tool that identifies the effectiveness of different types of interventions to promote learning in basic education, called Skills Bank (SB). However, in order to complete the existing information, it has been considered convenient to update the studies with recent information and include data on the costs of the […]
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Impact evaluation of Work for Progress (W4P) program in Quispicanchis
The study will carry out an impact evaluation of the Work for Progress-W4P project, aimed to improve, through innovative strategies, the individual and family income of women and young people of Andean indigenous rural population in a situation of vulnerability and exclusion in the province of Quispicanchi (Cuzco). Researchers will seek to use randomization methods of […]
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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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Revaluing the teaching career: selection and incentives
The aim of this consultancy is to gather follow-up information, through telephone surveys, to young people who were surveyed in 2015, based on (i) sociodemographic conditions of their households, (ii) cognitive and socio-emotional skills, (iii) in what extent they are informed about the teaching profession and the changes that have ocurred to it, and (iv) what […]
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Fiscal laziness in local goverments: the effect of the canon on the collection of taxes
The aim of the study is to understand the effect of direct transfers by canon and mining royalties on the collection of taxes at the level of local governments. The hypothesis is that this effect is negative, which would be evidence that there is ‘fiscal laziness’ on the part of the district and provincial municipalities. […]
