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Educational attainment, growth and poverty reduction within the MDG framework: simulations and costing for the Peruvian case

Yamada, Gustavo; Castro, Juan - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 12 (2009) 1, pp. 57-73

reveal that to attain a significant impact on GDP growth and poverty reduction, Peru needs to extend the original set of MDG …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009208188

Higher Education Decisions in Peru: On the Role of Financial Constraints, Skills, and Family Background

Castro, Juan; Yamada, Gustavo; Arias, Omar - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2011

factors affecting schooling decisions when explaining access to higher education in Peru. We focus on college access … family income in urban Peru is not only driven by credit constraints, but also by poor college readiness in terms of … alone will not suffice to change the regressive nature of higher education enrollment in Peru, and that such programs will …

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Fear of Labor Rigidities – The Role of Expectations in Employment Growth in Peru

Lavado, Pablo; Yamada, Gustavo - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2013

Many studies have been conducted to analyze the effect of stricter Employment Protection Legislation (EPL). However, almost all of them has focused on an ex-post impact; leaving aside a second but equally important channel: expectations. This paper aims to analyze the role of expectations on...

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El Perú hacia 2062: pensando juntos el futuro

Bonifaz, José Luis; Casas, Carlos; Sanborn, Cynthia A.; … - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2013

: visiones del Perú en 50 años, una colección de proyecciones y reflexiones sobre nuestro país en el próximo medio siglo … perspectivas académicas, los investigadores que contribuyeron a este trabajo2 coinciden en la observación de que el Perú siempre ha …

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Labor Market Discrimination in Lima, Peru: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Galarza, Francisco; Yamada, Gustavo - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2011

We analyze labor discrimination in Peru, a fast-growing country where much anecdotal evidence suggests the presence of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842565

Labor Market Discrimination in Lima, Peru: Evidence from a Field Experiment

Galarza, Francisco B.; Yamada, Gustavo - In: World Development 58 (2014) C, pp. 83-94

We analyze labor discrimination in Peru, a fast-growing country where much anecdotal evidence suggests the presence of …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010753476

Educational Attainment, Growth and Poverty Reduction within the MDG Framework: Simulations and Costing for the Peruvian Case

Yamada, Gustavo; Castro, Juan; Beltrán, Arlette; … - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2007

"We propose a model that accounts for the potential feedback between schooling performance, human capital accumulation and long run GDP growth, and links these results with poverty incidence. Our simulation exercise takes into account targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010628295

Educational attainment, growth and poverty reduction within the MDG framework: simulations and costing for the Peruvian case

Yamada, Gustavo; Castro, Juan - In: Journal of Economic Policy Reform 12 (2009) 1, pp. 57-73

reveal that to attain a significant impact on GDP growth and poverty reduction, Peru needs to extend the original set of MDG …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005483261

Educational Attainment, Growth and Poverty Reduction within the MDG Framework: Simulations and Costing for the Peruvian Case

Yamada, Gustavo; Castro, Juan F.; Beltran, Arlette; … - Partenariat en Politiques Économiques (PEP), … - 2008

We propose a model that accounts for the potential feedback between schooling performance, human capital accumulation and long run GDP growth, and links these results with poverty incidence. Our simulation exercise takes into account targets for education indicators and GDP growth itself (as...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696393

Caminos entrelazados : la realidad del empleo urbano en el Perú

Yamada, Gustavo (contributor); … - 1996 - 1. ed

"Yamada and a group of young economists apply novel labor economics theories to the current economic situation. Conclude that within the labor market, more than half of the self-employed or micro-enterprise workers earn more than their cost of opportunity in the formal sector, casting aside...

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