Publications
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Broken Gears: The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers’ Academic Achievement
A growing literature establishes that good teachers are essential for high quality educational systems. However, little is known about teachers’ skills formation during their college years. In this paper we use a novel panel data set combining two standardized tests for Colombian students: one that is taken at the end of senior year in high […]
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The changing governance of education: a comparative political economy perspective on hybridity
This paper explores the changing governance of education in two distinct contexts: England and Peru. While there are major differences between these two cases, the paper argues that a common agenda can be identified where an increasing degree of organizational hybridity is patent—where the traditionally distinct goals and rationales of public and private sectors are […]
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Educational opportunities and learning outcomes of children in Peru: a longitudinal model
This collection brings together the latest evidence from Young Lives, a unique international study that focuses on children and poverty – particularly how poverty affects their development and their lives as children, and how children and their families respond to poverty. It shows how the persistence of inequality amid general economic growth is leaving some […]
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Measuring the Relative Pay of Latin American School Teachers at the turn of the 20th Century
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper documents the extent to which teachers are underpaid vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations in thirteen Latin-American countries circa 2007. It also analyses the […]
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Medios de comunicación, contenidos y comportamiento: algunos énfasis sobre la inclusión financiera
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Amazonía peruana y desarrollo económico
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Desigualdades educativas y segregación en el sistema educativo peruano. Una mirada comparativa de las pruebas PISA 2000 y 2009
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