Publications of Education and learning
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Accessing higher education in developing countries: panel data analysis from India, Peru, and Vietnam
We use unique individual-level panel data from India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam on a cohort of individuals surveyed from the age of 8 years to 19 years to study factors affecting enrolment in higher-education in these middle-income countries. We document (a) that similar to nationally representative data, the proportion having accessed higher-education at this […]
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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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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.
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La privatización por defecto y el surgimiento de las escuelas privadas de bajo costo en el Perú. ¿Cuáles son sus consecuencias?
Since the 1990s, when for-profit investment in education was liberalized, Perú has seen a constant growth in the supply and demand of private education services. This tendency has deepened in the last decade in a context of economic growth that has allowed many families to migrate to the private sector. The growth of the private […]
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Evaluación de diseño e implementación del bono de incentivo al desempeño escolar del Ministerio de Educación
The objective of this document is to carry out a systematic and objective assessment of the design and implementation of the school performance incentive bonus (BDE) granted in its first year of implementation (2014). Based on this analysis, the aim is to determine whether the proposed strategy and the processes through which it is expected […]
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Evaluación del diseño y proceso de implementación del modelo de Jornada Escolar Completa (JEC) para educación secundaria a nivel nacional
It presents the findings of the qualitative evaluation of the design and implementation of the Jornada Escolar Completa (JEC). The objective of the study is to provide useful information, identifying bottlenecks and areas for improvement in order to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the intervention. The analysis was based on interviews with officials from […]
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Education aspirations among young people in Peru and their perceptions of barriers to higher education
Results from the Young Lives survey show the existence of a gap between young people’s aspirations for higher education and their actual chances of accessing this level of education. This paper uses qualitative information from Young Lives in order to gain a deeper understanding of young people’s aspirations as well as their perceptions of the […]
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Measuring the relative pay of school teachers in Latin America 1997–2007
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved in recent years? Is teachers’ underpayment more pronounced in certain segments of the labor markets? This paper documents answers for those questions using data for thirteen Latin-American countries circa 1997 and circa 2007. After controlling […]
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Evaluación del proceso de implementación de la intervención de soporte pedagógico del Ministerio de Educación del Perú
Este informe presenta los resultados de la evaluación del Proceso de implementación de la intervención de Soporte Pedagógico que el Ministerio de Educación del Perú viene desarrollando en las escuelas públicas polidocentes completas de educación primaria en áreas urbanas. La evaluación de procesos se llevó a cabo entre los meses de julio de 2015 y […]
