Poverty and Equity
The researchers in this area of GRADE develop methodologies for conducting research into the multi-disciplinary causes and characteristics of the mechanisms that sustain poverty , inequality and exclusion, as well as studies to identify opportunities for change.
Senior Researchers
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Martín Benavides Abanto (on leave)
PhD en Sociology - Pennsylvania State University
Martín Benavides has a PhD in Sociology from Pennsylvania State University where he also attained a Master’s Degree in Education Policy. He has a degree in Sociology and a BA in Sociology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and has been a visiting student on issues of social mobility and inequality at Nuffield College […]
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Juan José Díaz Noziglia
PhD en Economics - University of Maryland
Juan José Díaz has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His interests include the labor economy and evaluating social, educational, health and development programs.
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Javier Escobal D`Angelo
PhD en Economic Development - Wageningen University
Javier holds a PhD in Economic Development from Wageningen University, in the Netherlands, and a Master’s degree from New York University, where he also carried out doctoral studies in Economics. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. He is also Co-Researcher in the Young Lives/Niños del Milenio longitudinal study, which follows more than 2000 children during the […]
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Gabriela Guerrero Barnechea
PhD en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Gabriela Guerrero has a PhD in Educational Sciences from the KU Leuven in Belgium and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies with a major in Public Policy from the Institute of Social Studies in The Hague, The Netherlands. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Educational Psychology from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. She is currently a […]
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Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
PhD en History - University of California
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he received a PhD in History. His areas of interests are labor economics, social policy and institutional analysis. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. […]
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Juan León Jara-Almonte
PhD en - Pennsylvania State University
Juan has a PhD in Educational Theory and Policy and Comparative & International Education from Pennsylvania State University. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Social Sciences with mention in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His research interests are inequality in education, intercultural bilingual education, early […]
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Alan Sánchez Jiménez
PhD en Economics - University of Oxford
Alan has a DPhil in Economics from the University of Oxford. He also holds a master degree in Economics for Development from Oxford. Currently, he is a Senior Researcher at GRADE, a Senior Researcher at Young Lives Peru, and a Visiting Scholar at the Oxford Department of International Development. He teaches on quantitative methodologies for impact […]
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Martín Valdivia Huaringa
PhD en Applied Economics - University of Minnesota
Martin Valdivia has a PhD in Applied Economics from the University of Minnesota. He has worked as a Senior Researcher at GRADE since 1993. His fields of interest include entrepreneurship, financial inclusion, rural development and more recently democratic governance, with publications in journals such as the Review of Economics and Statistics, the Journal of Development […]
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Máximo Torero Cullen (de licencia)
PhD en Economics - University of California, Los Angeles
Maximo received a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Economics and held a postdoctoral fellow position at the UCLA Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Currently, he is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for […]
Associated Researchers
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Vanessa Rojas Arangoitia
PhD en - Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona
Vanessa holds a PhD in Sociology from Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona. She has a degree in Anthropology and a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Her work has focused on the anthropology of education and childhood, addressing issues of educational transitions, child welfare, educational quality and power relations. During 2012, she […]
Adjunct Researchers
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Claudia Sugimaru Arakaki
Máster en Educational Sciences - KU Leuven
Claudia holds a Master’s degree in Educational Sciences from KU Leuven in Belgium and a degree in Psychology with a major in Education from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. Currently, she is an Adjunct Researcher at GRADE.
External Consultants
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Paulo César Carrasco Fernández
Degree en - Pedro Ruíz Gallo National University
Paulo holds a Degree in Sociology from the National University Pedro Ruiz Gallo in Lambayeque and is a member of the Professional Board of Sociologists in Peru (Colegio de Sociólogos del Perú). Currently he is a Field Supervisor of the Childhood, Violence and Development Project funded by Bernard van Leer Foundation.
Project Support Staff
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Mónica Lizama Egoavil
Degree en - National Agrarian University
Mónica studied Statistical and Computer Science Engineer at the National University Agrarian La Molina. Currently she is the Data Manager for Young Lives in Peru. Before joining Young Lives, Mónica worked as a statistics assistant at the Peruvian National Institute of Statistics (INEI) and the International Nutrition Institute (IIN).
External Affiliated Researchers
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Jere R. Behrman
Ph.D. en - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Professor Behrman is a leading international researcher in empirical microeconomics, with emphasis on developing economies. He is also a Research Associate at Penn’s Population Studies Center. His research interests include empirical microeconomics, labor economics, human resources (early childhood development, education, health, nutrition), project evaluation, economic demography, incentive systems and household behaviors. The unifying dimension of […]
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Marta Favara
PhD en - University of Essex
Marta is a Senior Researcher at the Oxford Department of International Development at the University of Oxford where she is leading the quantitative research agenda of Young Lives since 2015. She is also a Research Fellow at the Oxford Martin School Programme on African Governance and an IZA Research Affiliate. Before joining Young Lives, she […]
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Carmen Ponce San Román
PhD en Economics - Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Carmen Ponce is an External Affiliated Researcher at GRADE and is currently affiliated as Visiting Researcher at the Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean at York University (Toronto, Canada). She has a Ph.D. in Economics from the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú and a MSc. In Economics from the University of Texas […]
Publications
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Broken Gears: The Value Added of Higher Education on Teachers’ Academic Achievement
2014 Carlos Felipe Balcázar, Hugo Ñopo
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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Educational opportunities and learning outcomes of children in Peru: a longitudinal model
Growing up in poverty: findings from Young Lives2014 Santiago Cueto, Juan Leon, Ismael G. Muñoz
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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Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
2014 Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Mayli Zapata, Silvana Freire
Este documento pretende ser un aporte para el diseño de políticas para reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano a través del análisis de la asociación entre el nivel socioeconómico (NSE) de los estudiantes, oportunidades de aprendizaje (ODA) y rendimiento educativo.
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
2014 Martín Benavides, Miguel Jaramillo, Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Nestor Valdivia, Lorena Alcazar, Manuel Glave, Maria Balarin, Juan Jose Diaz, Juana Kuramoto, Gerardo Damonte
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional "Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo" (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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El ciclo económico en el Perú
1993
Caracterización del ciclo económico en el Perú a través del comportamiento cíclico de los principales precios y agregados macroeconómico (reales y monetarios) de la economía peruana de los últimos 50 años.
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Gestión pública y distribución de ingresos: tres estudios de caso para la economía peruana
1992, , Javier Escobal, ,
Se pretende mostrar la forma en que los resultados de muchos de los esfuerzos redistributivos realizados durante los primeros años del gobierno aprista en el Perú se revirtieron en los años siguientes.
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Gasto público en educación y distribución del ingreso en el Perú
1992
Las transferencias desde el presupuesto público vía el destino del gasto educativo por estratos socioeconómicos y su impacto en la mejora del ingreso familiar y modificación de la estructura distributiva peruana.
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Impacto de la política de precios y de crédito agrícola sobre la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: 1985-1990
1992Javier Escobal,
Se analiza la estrategia agrícola del gobierno aprista, desde el punto de vista de sus efectos redistributivos tomando como eje al programa PRESA que pretendió beneficiar a los estratos más pobres de la agricultura.
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La política de precios de los combustibles y la distribución del ingreso en el Perú: 1985-1990
1992
El presente documento evalúa los efectos sobre la distribución del ingreso de la política de precios e impuestos a los combustibles aplicada durante el periodo entre julio de 1985 y julio de 1990.
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Projects
News
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La naturaleza multidimensional de la desigualdad
September 26, 2014 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality
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Tercera convocatoria de propuestas de investigación para el “Análisis de las políticas sobre crecimiento y empleo” de la Alianza para las Políticas Económicas (PEP)
September 4, 2014 Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality
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Estudio de GRADE muestra impacto positivo del proyecto “Música e inclusión social” en la autoestima y creatividad de los niños participantes
August 11, 2014 Poverty and equality
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Caretas entrevista a Stephen Haber, ponente magistral del seminario internacional “Hacia un desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible”
July 17, 2014 Poverty and equality
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Events
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Taller “Cómo asegurar una transferencia óptima del Programa Nacional Wawa Wasi a los municipios provinciales”
02/06/2011 8:30 am Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Presentación de los Primeros Resultados del Informe sobre Movilidad en América Latina y El Caribe
28/04/2011 4:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Poverty and equality
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Lorena Alcázar y Miguel Jaramillo participarán en taller GDN y BID
17/03/2011 → 18/03/2011 Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Poverty and equality
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Santiago Cueto expondrá en Taller de Consulta Nacional organizado por la ONG Plan Internacional
14/01/2011 Education and learning, Poverty and equality, Health and nutrition
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Martín Benavides presentará el estudio Estado de la Niñez Indígena en el Perú
19/08/2010 Centro de Convenciones del Hotel Radisson (Av. 28 de Julio 151, Miraflores) Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Poverty and equality
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- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
