Working paper
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Identificación de predictores del desempeño en la comprensión de textos orales y escritos
The aim of the study was to identify predictors of reading comprehension in order to promote early interventions. We examined data from Young Lives study, using structural equation modeling, for assessing relationships between child and environmental features, and language development. Main findings were that (1) mothers’ features – which we relate to means to employ […]
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The default privatization of peruvian education and the rise of low-fee private schools: better or worse opportunities for the poor?
The study on which this paper is based set out to explore what was happening in the lowfee private schooling sector in Perú—a growing and un-explored area of public education in the country and in many parts of the developing world—and, more specifi cally, at how parents from poor backgrounds make decisions and navigate the […]
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Análisis económico y socioambiental de los proyectos de interconexión Pucallpa-Cruzeiro do Sul
Large transportation infrastructure projects play a strategic role in economic development, but many are implemented without clear evidence that they provide a net beneft to the economy. The magnitude of potential losses from such projects depends, to a large degree, where they are built. Specifcally, road projects in fragile tropical ecosystems tend to be associated […]
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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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Collective land access rights for enhancing smallholder livelihoods
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Juventud y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
Young adults in the older cohort, at age 19, have reached a stage in life where they face critical choices and decisions. A large proportion of them had already completed school, and many are in post-secondary education. However, considerable gender differences were identified in terms of university education and time use, in favour of men. […]
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Nutrición y desarrollo: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
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Educación y aprendizaje: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
La educación ha sido destacada en el Perú e internacionalmente como un factor clave para el desarrollo personal y crecimiento económico. Si bien el Perú ha avanzado notablemente en términos de acceso y matrícula escolar, todavía tiene que vencer muchos desafíos para lograr niveles altos de aprendizaje para todos sus niños. En general, los datos […]
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Cambios en el bienestar de los hogares: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
This report presents the first findings on variations in the well-being of the households we follow, found in the fourth round of surveys of the Young Lives study in Peru in 2013. It describes some of the changes that have occurred in household poverty levels over the eleven years since we first interviewed the children […]
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Diseño y métodos del estudio: resultados iniciales del estudio Niños del Milenio. Cuarta ronda de encuestas en el Perú
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