Artículos de Revista
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Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru
Este artículo evalúa la importancia del estatus psicosocial en la acumulación de habilidades cognitivas durante la transición de la infancia media a la tardía. Los autores utilizan datos longitudinales de una cohorte de 700 niños peruanos extraídos de un conjunto de datos de la encuesta Niños del Milenio, para probar el impacto de la percepción de […]
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Accessing higher education in developing countries: Panel data analysis from India, Peru, and Vietnam
Los investigadores utilizan datos de panel únicos a nivel individual de la India (Andhra Pradesh), Perú y Vietnam sobre una cohorte de individuos encuestados entre los 8 y los 19 años de edad para estudiar los factores que afectan la matricula en la educación superior en estos países de renta media. Documentamos (a) que, de […]
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Diálogos Ciudadanos por la Educación Rural en Ayacucho
Natividad Vila reseña los principales aportes, recomendaciones y alertas recogidas en tres provincias respecto a cinco de las medidas más relevantes incluidas en la propuesta de Política de Atención Educativa para la Población de Ámbitos Rurales.
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Maternal group participation and child nutritional status in Peru
Using data from the Peruvian sample of the Young Lives study, this paper investigates the association between maternal group participation and child nutritional status at the ages of 1 and 5 years. This study finds that the relationship between child nutrition and maternal group participation depends on the level of maternal education. In fact, maternal […]
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Do Dreams Come True? Aspirations and Educational Attainments of Ethiopian Boys and Girls
Authors use unique individual-level panel data from Ethiopia to investigate the role of aspirations for human-capital investments. More specifically, they investigate how parental and children’s aspirations form and document the relation between early aspirations and educational attainment at the age of 15 and 19. Researchers find that aspirations are predictive of the number of year of […]
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Effects of lipid-based nutrient supplements v. micronutrient powders on nutritional and developmental outcomes among Peruvian infants
Determinar los efectos de los suplementos nutricionales a base de lípidos (LNS) sobre la Hb, el crecimiento lineal y el desarrollo de los niños, en comparación con la suplementación con micronutrientes en polvo (MNP).
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Is education a risk factor or social vaccine against HIV/AIDS in Sub-Saharan Africa? The effect of schooling across public health periods
Early in the 30-year HIV/AIDS pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa, epidemiological studies identified formal education attainment as a risk factor: educated Sub-Saharan Africans had a higher risk of contracting HIV/AIDS than their less educated peers. Later demographic research reported that by the mid-1990s the education effect had reversed, and education began to function as a social […]
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The population education transition curve: education gradients across population exposure to new health risks
The salutary effect of formal education on health-risk behaviors and mortality is extensively documented: ceteris paribus, greater educational attainment leads to healthier lives and longevity. Even though the epidemiological evidence has strongly indicated formal education as a leading “social vaccine,” there is intermittent reporting of counter-education gradients for health-risk behavior and associated outcomes for certain […]
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Can Teacher Training Programs Influence Gender Norms? Mixed-Methods Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
This mixed-methods cluster-randomized controlled trial examines the impact of a teacher-training program that aimed to promote positive gender socialization in the conflict-affected region of Karamoja, Uganda. The theory of change suggests that the education system and teachers can play critical roles in promoting positive gender roles and gender equality, which has important implications for peacebuilding. […]
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The structural relationship between early nutrition, cognitive skills and non-cognitive skills in four developing countries
El autor aporta pruebas sobre cómo se adquieren las habilidades durante la infancia. Se observa que la estatura temprana influye en las capacidades cognitivas y no cognitivas. El efecto de la estatura temprana sobre las habilidades cognitivas es más del doble que el de las habilidades no cognitivas. El efecto de la estatura temprana sobre […]
