Publications of Employment, productivity and innovation
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El proceso de certificación del pisco peruano: una propuesta de medición de sus principales efectos
The main objective of this publication is to contribute to raising awareness of the relevance of quality infrastructure in various aspects of the economy and society, and to strengthen the leading role it should play in public policies. It is also hoped that it will serve as a stimulus for new impact studies in Latin […]
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Business training plus for female entrepreneurship? Short and medium-term experimental evidence from Peru
With millions of women around the developing world thrown into self-employment but with low productivity, increasing the profitability of their businesses is highly relevant for poverty reduction and gender equity. This study evaluates the impacts of a BDS program serving female microentrepreneurs in Lima using an experimental design, that included two treatment groups: One received […]
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Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian Highlands
During the last 20 years, the mining sector in Peru has been experiencing sustained growth. Using census, administrative, nationally and regionally representative data we compare districts in the Peruvian Highlands with a recent mining development with suitable counterfactuals. We find that the new mining activities attract migration inflows, and have some positive effects over educational […]
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Productividad y tratados de libre comercio a nivel de empresas en Perú
We study the empirical relationship between free trade agreement and productivity in Peru by using a pseudo experimental model. Two productivity indicators, which are measured at the firm level are considered: labor productivity and total factor productivity. We find that firms involved in international free trade either as exporters and / or importers have systematically […]
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¿Algo más que capacitación empresarial para el empoderamiento de mujeres microempresarias? Evidencia experimental de corto y mediano plazo en el Perú
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Los sectores no primarios y el mercado interno, 1930-1980
The year 1930 marks a turning point in the trajectory of the Peruvian economy. The purpose of this chapter is to document the role played by the development of the domestic market within the national economic dynamics and its interrelation with the export sector. The analysis starts with a general characterization of the period and […]
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Leve mejoría en el cumplimiento, pero limitado por la alta informalidad
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Formalización empresarial y laboral
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Productividad sectorial en el Perú: un análisis a nivel de firmas
In this paper we estimate the production function by economic sectors in Peru, we also characterize the productivity of firms by using two indicators: the total factor productivity and the labour productivity. The data correspond to the total formal firms observed between 2002 and 2011, information that allows to correct the traditional econometric problems behind […]
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Spotlight on organisations: smallholder farmers and rural development
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