Publications
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La incidencia del gasto social y los impuestos en el Perú
A través del análisis de la incidencia de impuestos y transferencias en base a datos de encuestas de hogares, este estudio estima los efectos de la política fiscal sobre la pobreza y la desigualdad en nuestro país.
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The incidence of social spending and taxes in Peru
Standard tax and benefit incidence analysis is used to estimate the effects of fiscal policy on poverty and inequality in Peru. Results suggest that the extent of inequality and poverty reduction induced by Peru’s fiscal policy is small. Results also suggest that the small impact is associated with low social spending rather than with inefficient […]
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¿Cómo afectan los factores individuales y escolares la decisión de los jóvenes de postular a educación superior? Un estudio longitudinal en Lima, Perú
Se utiliza un diseño longitudinal con tres rondas de recolección de datos a fin de examinar los efectos de las características individuales y escolares en la decisión de los estudiantes de postular a educación superior.
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Getting teachers back to the classroom: a systematic review on what works to improve teacher attendance in developing countries
Sorry, this entry is only available in European Spanish.
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The structural relationship between nutrition, cognitive and non-cognitive skills: evidence from four developing countries
Sánchez studies the way in which cognitive and non-cognitive skills are simultaneously acquired in the transition from childhood to adolescence using longitudinal data from four countries: Peru, India, Vietnam and Ethiopia.
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Impacto económico de la desnutrición crónica, aguda y global en el Perú
Se estimó el impacto económico de la desnutrición infantil en dos horizontes temporales (incidental retrospectiva y prospectiva) para 2011, considerando los costos asociados a la desnutrición en salud, educación y productividad para la economía peruana.
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Extractive industries and local development in the Peruvian highlands
During the last twenty 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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PDAs in socio-economic surveys: instrument bias, surveyor bias or both?
It is very likely that electronic means of data collection will become a standard for socio-economic surveys in the near future. As surveys move from paper form to personal digital assistants (PDAs) or tablets, there is a need to evaluate if such a shift will affect the quality of the data. To explore the potential […]
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Is there demand for formality among informal firms? Evidence from microfirms in downtown Lima
A través de datos experimentales obtenidos de microempresas en el Cercado de Lima, este estudio analiza la demanda de formalización, es decir, de obtener una licencia de funcionamiento.
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