Publicaciones
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¿Educación para el desarrollo rural o para dejar de ser rural?: percepciones y proyectos de pobladores rurales andinos y amazónicos
La investigación sobre la que se basa este artículo es producto de un estudio cualitativo más amplio, del proyecto Niños del Milenio, que aborda principalmente el tema de las transiciones educativas a la secundaria en cuatro comunidades: dos en zonas urbanas y dos en zonas rurales. para esta investigación, se empleó como metodología básica el […]
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Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru
This paper presents the results of a quantitative analysis that measured the relationship between psychosocial status at the age of 8, and the development of cognitive skills four years later.
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Early nutrition and later cognitive achievement in developing countries
This study uses longitudinal data from 8,000 children in four developing countries (Young Lives Survey) to explore the linkages between nutritional status and later cognitive achievement on preschool children.
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Transitory shocks and long-term human capital accumulation: the impact of conflict on physical health in Peru
La bibliografía reciente sobre el capital humano destaca la importancia de las inversiones durante los primeros años tras el nacimiento como factor determinante de los resultados económicos posteriores, incluida la productividad laboral. Este trabajo evalúa la relación entre la exposición al conflicto armado y la nutrición temprana. La relación entre la exposición al conflicto y […]
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Evolution of Gender Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: An Addendum to «New Century, Old Disparities»
The paper complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2009) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7 percentage points, while the unexplained […]
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Evolution of Gender Wage Gaps in Latin America at the Turn of the Twentieth Century: An Addendum to «New Century, Old Disparities»
The authors complements the findings of Atal, Ñopo and Winder (2010) on gender and ethnic wage gaps for 18 Latin American countries circa 2005 by analyzing gender wage gaps for the same countries between circa 1992 and circa 2007. During this span the overall gender earnings gaps dropped about 7 percentage points, while the unexplained […]
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The Persistent Gender Earnings Gap in Colombia, 1994-2006
The authors surveys gender wage gaps in Colombia from 1994 to 2006, using matchingcomparisons to examine the extent to which individuals with similar human capitalcharacteristics earn different wages. Three sub-periods are considered: 1994-1998; 2000-2001; and 2002- 2006. The gaps dropped from the first to the second period but remained almost unchanged between the second and […]
