GRADE’s researchers at the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association
| Date | : | 08/08/2019 → 09/08/2019 |
|---|---|---|
| Hour | : | 11:00 am - 12:30 pm |
| Location | : | Universidad del Pacífico (Av. General Salaverry 2020, Jesús María) |
| Area/s | : | Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes |
On August 8-9, our researchers will join the 2019 annual congress of the Peruvian Economic Association (APE), coorganized with the University of the Pacific. In addition, Southern Voice, of which we are members and host organization, will organize a panel on the precariousness of education and employment in Peru and Bolivia.
The event is part of various activities carried out by the APE since its foundation in 2014, in order to promote and disseminate scientific knowledge in economics. This congress will bring together researchers on economics to discuss scientific studies in economics, finance and sciences related to Peru in the broadest sense of the term.
*Registrations are closed. You can follow the meeting on Twitter and using the hashtag #APE2019*.
Thursday, August 8
11:00 – 12:50 | Room H201 | Session 1A: Impact evaluation 1
Impact evaluation of the extended school-day reform in Peru
Jorge Agüero, University of Connecticut
Marta Favara, University of Oxford
Catherine Porter, University of Heriot-Watt
Alan Sánchez, GRADE
11:00 – 12:50 | Room H301 | Session 1D: Risk and vulnerability
What difference can parents make? Parental structure at home and its implications for risk behaviors during adolescence
Alessandra Hidalgo, University of Piura and GRADE
Karina Márquez, University of Piura and GRADE
11:00 – 12:50 | Room H302 | Session 1E: Labour market
How does the labor market in urban Peru adjust? An approach from the quality of employment
Javier Herrera, IRD and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
Rodrigo Rivarola, GRADE and the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru
14:30 – 16:00 | Room H203 | Session 2C: Crime and political economy
Do criminal justice reforms reduce crime and perceived risk of crime? A quasiexperimental approach in Peru
Wilson Hernández, GRADE
14:30 – 16:00 | Room H302 | Session 2E: Agriculture and forests
Agro-export boom in Peru: an analysis of business survival
Eduardo Zegarra, GRADE
Friday, August 9
9:00 – 10:30 | Room H201 | Session 3A: Experimental economics
Nudging microentrepreneurs into formalization: experimental evidence from urban Brazil
Anna-Katharina Lenz, Getulio Vargas Foundation
Martín Valdivia, GRADE
11:00 – 12:30 | Main Room | Discussion panel 2B
The precariousness of education and employment: the cases of Peru and Bolivia. Organized by Southern Voice
Lorena Alcázar, GRADE
Hugo Ñopo, OIT
Werner Hernani, ARU Bolivia
Chair: Pablo Lavado, UP
