Publications of Do Dreams Come True? Aspirations and Educational Attainments of Ethiopian Boys and Girls
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Do Dreams Come True? Aspirations and Educational Attainments of Ethiopian Boys and Girls
Authors use unique individual-level panel data from Ethiopia to investigate the role of aspirations for human-capital investments. More specifically, they investigate how parental and children’s aspirations form and document the relation between early aspirations and educational attainment at the age of 15 and 19. Researchers find that aspirations are predictive of the number of year of schooling completed upon controlling […]
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Los efectos desprotectores de la protección del empleo: el impacto de la reforma del contrato laboral del 2001
Four out of every five labor relations in the formal sector of the Peruvian economy are covered by temporary contracts. This proportion is grossly higher than that of any OECD country and also considerably higher than that of any of the countries in our Latin American region. The purpose of this study is to elucidate […]
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Inversión sin planificación. La calidad de la inversión pública en los barrios vulnerables de Lima
This book seeks to measure the quality of public investment in vulnerable urban neighbourhoods (BUVs) through three analytical exercises. First, it characterises the types of urban spaces in the country and analyses public investment in them. Then, it proposes and applies a methodology to measure the quality of such investment on the basis of case studies […]
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Does visual acuity have an effect on children’s educational achievement?
Inequity is an important issue for many international initiatives, including the current Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). One aspect of inequity that has received little attention is the impact of disability on education. This working paper explores whether mild or moderate levels of visual impairment are associated with educational performance for 7 and 8-year-old children in […]
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Problemas vinculados al cambio y variabilidad climáticos y modelos ejemplares de adaptación por regiones en el Perú
El presente informe describe seis problemas vinculados al cambio y variabilidad climática, así como ejemplos de proyectos ejemplares de adaptación y educación referidos a dichos problemas. En particular, se presentan los problemas vinculados a: (1) desglaciación, (2) escasez hídrica, (3) “heladas”, (4) deforestación, (5) inundaciones y (6) contaminación hídrica. El objetivo de la investigación en […]
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Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements v. micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants
The objective of this article is to determine the effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) on children’s Hb, linear growth and development, compared with supplementation with micronutrient powder (MNP). Regarding its design, the study was a two-arm parallel-group randomized controlled trial, where participants received either LNS or MNP for daily consumption during 6 months. Supplements […]
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How do Latin American migrants in the U.S. stand on schooling premium? What does it reveal about education quality in their home countries?
Indicators for quality of schooling are not only relatively new in the world but also unavailable for a sizable share of the world’s population. In their absence, some proxy measures have been devised. One simple but powerful idea has been to use the schooling premium for migrant workers in the U.S. (Bratsberg and Terrell 2002). […]
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Is education a risk factor or social vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The effect of schooling across public health periods
Early in the 30-year HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological studies identified formal education attainment as a risk factor: educated Sub-Saharan Africans had a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than their less educated peers. Later demographic research reported that by the mid-1990s the education effect had reversed, and education began to function as a social […]
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The population education transition curve: education gradients across population exposure to new health risks
The salutary effect of formal education on health-risk behaviors and mortality is extensively documented: ceteris paribus, greater educational attainment leads to healthier lives and longevity. Even though the epidemiological evidence has strongly indicated formal education as a leading “social vaccine,” there is intermittent reporting of counter-education gradients for health-risk behavior and associated outcomes for certain […]
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Cambiando la mentalidad de los estudiantes: evaluación de impacto de ¡Expande tu Mente! sobre el rendimiento académico en tres regiones del Perú
Expande tu Mente! is a low-cost, short-term socio-emotional innovation that seeks to convey to students the idea that intelligence can grow through constant practice, and that academic challenges should be conceived as an opportunity to learn. In other words, students are taught to have a ‘growth mindset’. The study was conducted in the framework of […]
