Publications of Juan Leon
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Equating Children’s PPVT Scores Across Survey Rounds and Age Cohorts in Peru
Young Lives gathers information from children and families through household and child questionnaires as well as children’s cognitive and achievement tests. The Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test (PPVT) has been used in all survey rounds to date and with both age cohorts. This technical note presents the psychometric analysis performed (using Item Response Theory, IRT) in […]
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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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Características socioeconómicas y rendimiento de los estudiantes en el Perú
Aportes para el diseño de políticas orientadas a reducir la inequidad del sistema educativo peruano a través de un diagnóstico de la relación entre el nivel socioeconómico (NSE) de los estudiantes y sus familias, y sus oportunidades para aprender.
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Educational opportunities and learning outcomes of children in Peru: a longitudinal model
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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Desigualdades educativas y segregación en el sistema educativo peruano. Una mirada comparativa de las pruebas PISA 2000 y 2009
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Does the cradle set the opportunities and educative achievement? A look to the Peruvian case
This paper aims to contribute to the design of policies to reduce inequality in the Peruvian education system by analysing the association between students’ socio-economic status (NSE), learning opportunities (ODA) and educational achievement.
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
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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Una mirada a la violencia física contra los niños y niñas en los hogares peruanos: Magnitudes, factores asociados y transmisión de la violencia de madres a hijos e hijas
Este estudio pretende ser un aporte a la literatura sobre violencia infantil en el Perú. Su aspecto innovador radica en la mirada inter-temporal de esta problemática a partir de bases de datos representativas a nivel nacional.
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The relationship between socioeconomic status at age one, opportunities to learn and achievement in mathematics in fourth grade in Peru
Using Young Lives longitudinal data from Peru, this paper explores the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) measured at the age of one, opportunities to learn (OTL) and achievement in mathematics ten years later. Four variables of OTL were measured: hours of class per year, curriculum coverage, quality of teachers’ feedback, and level of cognitive demand. […]
