Publicaciones de Pobreza y equidad
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Comprendiendo el embarazo, la convivencia y el matrimonio en la adolescencia: el caso del Perú
En las encuestas de Niños del Milenio y estadísticas nacionales, 1 de cada 5 mujeres a los 19 años tenía al menos un hijo. Se propone reforzar políticas públicas para postergar el embarazo adolescente: concluir la secundaria, mejorar la educación sexual y promover la autoconfianza.
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Hacia un desarrollo inclusivo y sostenible en América Latina: diálogos entre investigación y políticas públicas
Esta publicación es resultado del seminario internacional Hacia un Desarrollo Inclusivo y Sostenible en América Latina: Diálogos entre Investigación y Políticas Públicas, organizado por GRADE y el IEP los días 25 y 26 de junio de 2014. Representa un esfuerzo de recopilación de lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario de […]
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Psychosocial Competencies and Risky Behaviours in Peru
There is a growing concern about the prevalence of risky behaviours among young people, which ultimately lead to worse outcomes later in life, including lower salaries and worse socio-economic and life outcomes. On the other hand, there is little evidence about the prevalence of these behaviours and their determinants in the context of developing countries. […]
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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 […]
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Accessing Higher Education in Developing Countries: Panel Data Analysis from India, Peru, and Vietnam
We use unique individual-level panel data from India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam on a cohort of individuals surveyed from the age of 8 years to 19 years to study factors affecting enrolment in higher-education in these middle-income countries. We document (a) that similar to nationally representative data, the proportion having accessed higher-education at this […]
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Measuring the sustainable development agenda in Peru
In 2012, the Rio+20 United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development pledged that governments will propose a set of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for the post-2015 period. The SDGs – agreed to in September 2015 – replace the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which expire in the same year. The SDGs take into consideration positive experiences from the MDGs and […]
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Classroom composition and its association with students’ achievement and socioemotional characteristics in Peru
School composition is a topic that has gained increasing attention from researchers over the past few years, as it has been found that the socio-economic characteristics of students are associated with their achievement. However, most research has been cross-sectional and carried out in industrialised countries. In the study, the authors use parental education as a […]
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¿La educación preescolar mejora las habilidades cognitivas de los niños desnutridos? Un estudio longitudinal para Perú
En este estudio se usa los datos longitudinales de Niños del Milenio en el Perú para analizar si la asistencia a la educación preescolar tiene efecto sobre las habilidades cognitivas de niños a la edad de 5 años, y si existe alguna interacción con el indicador de la talla para la edad y z-score (Height-for-age Z-score o […]
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The Co-Occurrence of Domestic and Child Violence in Urban Peru: Evidence from Three Regions
Using a unique dataset collected from three regions in Peru (Huancavelica, Lima and Loreto), this study explores the co-occurrence of domestic and child violence within households; that is, the situation where a victim of domestic violence (mother) becomes a perpetrator towards other family members (children) in the same household. Secondly, the study seeks to analyze […]
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Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru
We examine the relationship between participatory democratic institutions and effective agricultural policy in rural Peruvian municipalities, using a unique quantitative dataset of 100 Peruvian municipalities at two points in time, allowing us to examine (a) bottom-up, grassroots participatory governance institutions, and (b) Peru’s top-down participatory budgeting reform implemented in all Peruvian sub-national governments in the […]
