Publications of Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
The authors analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females’ educational achievement is higher than that of males. Nonetheless, males’ earnings surpass those of their female peers. Depending on the set of control characteristics, males’ earnings surpass those of […]
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La era de la productividad: Cómo transformar las economías desde sus cimientos
“La era de la productividad” describe de qué manera la baja productividad de América Latina y el Caribe impide que la región se ponga a la par de los países del mundo desarrollado. Los autores indagan más allá de las explicaciones macroeconómicas tradicionales y profundizan hasta llegar al nivel de las industrias y las empresas […]
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Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
The chapters presented in that volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin America. In chapter two, Castillo, Petrie, and Torero present a series of experiments to understand the nature of discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. They […]
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Sense of belonging and transition to high schools in Peru
This study describes sense of belonging among Peruvian students entering high school. Socioeconomic status had no direct effect on sense of belonging but had an indirect effect through achievement.
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Promoting early childhood development through a public programme: Wawa Wasi in Peru
This paper presents the results of a Young Lives study into the impact and perceptions of the Programa Nacional Wawa Wasi, a Peruvian government programme for impoverished children
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El gasto público social frente a la infancia: análisis del Programa Juntos y de la oferta y demanda de servicios asociados a sus condiciones
El presente estudio contiene los resultados de un estudio sobre JUNTOS, que es un programa de transferencia condicionada de dinero orientado a aliviar la pobreza en el Perú.
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Evaluating interventions to reduce maternal mortality: evidence from Peru’s PARSalud programme
This paper evaluates the impact of an intervention oriented to reduce maternal mortality in Peru and takes advantage of both spatial and temporal variation in the implementation of the programme to identify its effects.
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Shock de precios y vulnerabilidad alimentaria de los hogares peruanos
En el estudio se cuantifica los efectos económicos del súbito aumento de los precios de alimentos en los hogares peruanos durante 2007-2008 e identifica a los hogares en situación de vulnerabilidad alimentaria.
