Publications
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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
Objectives. To estimate the economic impact of chronic, acute and global malnutrition in Peru. Materials and methods. This study, through an econometric model, estimated the economic impact of child malnutrition in two time horizons (incidental retrospective and prospective) during 2011, considering malnutrition-associated costs of health, education and productivity for the Peruvian economy. Information collected is […]
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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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Employment growth and segmentation in Peru, 2001–2011: country case study on labour market segmentation
This study aims to identify how the performance of the labour market, and labour market institutions and policies have affected labour market segmentation in the last decade. It also provides evidence on what labour market duality means in terms of job quality indicators. To do so, we use household survey data for the period 2001-2010 […]
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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
Using experimental data obtained from microenterprises in Cercado de Lima, this study analyses the demand for formalisation, i.e. obtaining an operating licence. The study’s findings are paradoxical: most firms report more disadvantages than advantages of being informal but when encouraged to obtain a licence, only one in four firms accepts the incentive. Thus, for some […]
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Revisión temática y metodológica de la Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar – ENDES y recomendaciones para su mejoramiento
This document presents a review of the ENDES and discusses the thematic orientation that the study could have in the future. In addition, some recommendations are presented to increase the potential of the survey. In particular, suggestions are made to improve the existing information and to overcome some of its limitations that could contribute to […]
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Apego al terruño: la geografía espacial de los mercados laborales de docentes
In developing countries, the unequal distribution of teacher quality is a problem that underlies the unequal distribution of educational attainment. However, little is known about how the labour market generates this type of distribution. To contribute to this type of knowledge, this study investigates whether there is a national market for teachers in Peru or, […]
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Evaluaciones estandarizadas del rendimiento escolar
El más reciente boletín del Consejo Nacional de Educación (CNE), CNE Opina nº 36, reflexiona sobre el objetivo de las evaluaciones estandarizadas y cómo se han implementado en el Perú.
