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Unintended Effects from the Expansion of the Non-Contributory Health System in Peru
Nauerz, Jonas; Torres, Jose L. - 2022
Over the last two decades, the Peruvian government has made great efforts to improve access to health care by … significantly augmenting the coverage of the non-contributory public health care system Seguro Integral de Salud (SIS). This … expansion has a positive impact on welfare and public health indicators, as it limits the risk of catastrophic health …
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Do People Invest in Local Public Goods with Long-Term Benefits? Experimental Evidence from a Shanty Town in Peru
Hoop, Thomas de; Kempen, Luuk van; Fort, Ricardo - The Field Experiments Website - 2009
This paper discusses voluntary contributions to health education in a shanty town in Peru, using a new experimental … health education meeting, which will only continue if the cumulative investment level exceeds a certain threshold value …. Individuals contributed a substantial amount of money, despite the long-term nature of the health benefits of health education …
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Acerca de la magnitud de la inequidad en salud en el Perú
Valdivia, Martín - Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) - 2002
El análisis presentado en este documento muestra que la magnitud de las inequidades en salud y en la utilización de servicios de salud en el Perú es muy grande, aun para un país con el nivel de desarrollo del Perú. En consecuencia, se plantea que dichas inequidades deben ser abordadas de...
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The productivity of social capital: An econometric analysis of 49 Peruvian highland communities
Wiig, Henrik - 2003
Many empirical studies find a partial negative effect of market integration on cooperation in traditional poor small-scale farmer communities in developing countries, blaming an erosion of collective action enhancing norms (Social Capital). This paper takes the empirical analysis one step...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284429
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An unfulfilled promise? : higher education quality and professional underemployment in Peru
Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Martínez, Joan J. - 2015
Despite the high growth of the Peruvian economy during the last decade, college graduates are facing increasing difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario is embodied in the "professional underemployment"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011427813
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Global boom, local impacts : mining revenues and subnational outcomes in Peru 2007 - 2011
Zambrano, Omar; Robles, Marcos; Laos, Denisse - 2014
The relationship between the abundance of natural resources and socio-economic performance has been a main object of study in the economic development field since Adam Smith. Dominated by the verification of the so called curse of natural resource, the mainstream literature on the topic has been...
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An Unfulfilled Promise? Higher Education Quality and Professional Underemployment in Peru
Yamada, Gustavo - 2016
Despite the high growth of the Peruvian economy during the last decade, college graduates are facing increasing difficulties to find occupations that match their higher educational background, skills and educational investments. This scenario is embodied in the "professional underemployment"...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013001882
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Evaluating Growth-at-Risk as a tool for monitoring macro-financial risks in the Peruvian economy
Chicana, Diego; Nivin, Rafael - 2021
Growth at Risk (GaR) methodology developed by Adrian et al. (2019) has been of special interest by policymakers since it provides a measure of the relationship among macrofinancial variables. GaR requires estimating a set of predictive quantile regressions (QR) where future economic activity...
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Treatment Effects Using Inverse Probability Weighting and Contaminated Treatment Data : An Application to the Evaluation of a Government Female Sterilization Campaign in Peru
Byker, Tanya - 2016
statistically significant improvements in the height for age ― a measure of health ― of girls whose mothers were sterilized because …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012982671
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International Remittances and the Labour Market in Peru
Nuñez, Roy; Arceo-Gomez, Eva O. - 2022
International remittances are an important source of income in developing countries, with positive effects on well-being and poverty reduction. Peruvian international migration is a particular case of Latin America, since it tends to be concentrated in middle-and high-income households, who...
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