Young Lives
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Trayectorias educativas en el Perú: desde la infancia hasta la adultez temprana
Aportes para el diseño de políticas orientadas a reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano, para lo cual se compara las trayectorias de las dos cohortes del estudio Niños del Milenio —la mayor nacida en 1994; y la menor, en el 2001— estimando sus oportunidades educativas y logros. Se basa, principalmente, en las encuestas de hogares aplicadas […]
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Young Lives Peru 2017-2018
The longitudinal study Young Lives Peru has been carried out since 2001. Its purpose is to understand how poverty is linked and has implications for a number of development issues of two cohorts —born in 1994 and 2001— in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Since the fifth round of the 2016 household survey has been already completed, in 2017 […]
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Supporting Young Lives Peru 2017 School Survey
Young Lives Peru is a longitudinal study that follows two cohorts of children since 2002. Data gathering has been carried out mainly through household surveys, with five rounds completed to date. In a complementary way, in 2011 a study was carried out with a sample of schools. In 2017, Young Lives Peru plans to conduct a second School […]
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Education trajectories in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam: from early childhood to early adulthood
In this policy brief, the authors describe the educational trajectories of 12,000 children in total, across two cohorts: the Younger Cohort born around 1994 and the Older Cohort born around 2001, in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. The data come from Young Lives household and school surveys conducted over the last 15 years. Researchers from […]
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Education trajectories: from early childhood to early adulthood in Peru
Since the late 1960s, every President in Peru has proclaimed education to be a high priority. Yet, arguably, results have been poor and unequal. This paper analyses recent trends in education in Peru to raise what we consider are the main challenges to moving forward, and provides policy suggestions. To do this, the authors take a […]
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Understanding Children´s Experiences of Violence in Peru: Evidence from Young Lives
This paper describes children’s experiences of violence at home in Peru, using a lifecourse approach. Violence against children at home tended to increase with age, as children took on more chores (especially in rural areas), and spent more time away from home (in some cases, in urban areas). The chances of being hit by parents […]
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Understanding teenage fertility, cohabitation, and marriage: the case of Peru
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Understanding teenage fertility, cohabitation, and marriage: the case of Peru
In this study, the authors used data from the Young Lives study, which investigates teenage childbearing, marriage, and cohabitation by tracking a cohort of individuals from the ages of 8 to 19 years. While the present analysis does not intend to establish causality, the longitudinal nature of the data allows the researchers to identify the […]
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Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru
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The Impact of the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Peru on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes: Does the Age of Exposure Matter?
In this study we revisit the impact of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) on child development, with an emphasis on the role of the age of exposure. We use longitudinal data from a unique paired-siblings sample of Peruvian children (the Young Lives study) to evaluate whether Juntos, a large-scale CCT implemented in Peru since 2005, has […]
