Peruvian monetary poverty declined by 12 percentage points in only four years. Based on the Alkire-Foster multidimensional headcount, we build a simple comparative framework to measure the tension between this result and a broader indicator of deprivation. We select six dimensions and apply this...

After an impressive 12 point reduction in Peruvian monetary poverty, questions have been raised about the extent in which these figures mask deprivation in several other aspects critical for human development. We propose using the Alkire-Foster multidimensional headcount to address this issue,...

A qualified and motivated pool of professors and researchers is a key input in any successful higher education endeavor (Salmi, 2009). Hiring professors with adequate qualifications is, of course, part of the answer to achieve this. However, improving the competitiveness of a university from...

Results from the estimation of several specifications of a production function (Cobb-Douglas and constant-elasticity-of-substitution, CES) do not provide evidence of the existence of increasing returns to scale in the Peruvian agriculture. Our results also suggest the existence of market power...

This study uses a stochastic frontier parametrical approach to analyze the inefficiency of firms in the water industry between 1999 and 2010. For this purpose, an unbalanced panel of data from 12 firms from all over Latin America was used. One of the main findings of the study is that companies...

El objetivo de esta obra es analizar y defender veinte propuestas, cuya puesta en práctica, especialmente en Europa, permita una reforma del capitalismo que la crisis ha vuelto urgente y necesaria. El punto de partida es doble: 1. La vertiente financiera de la crisis, ligada al crédito...

El presente libro aspira a brindar un conjunto de herramientas técnicas que permitan al gestor social mejorar su competitividad profesional. Para ello, las contribuciones son ensayos técnicos que buscan presentar metodologías de cálculos para abordar temas claves en el quehacer de las...

El presente trabajo se centra en el período, de casi 100 años de duración, que se inicia con el fin de la era del guano. En realidad, la historia económica post colonial del Perú puede ser vista como una serie de grandes ciclos de exportación y, por eso mismo, los sectores productivos...

"This paper reports the results of behavioral economic experiments conducted in Peru to examine the relationship amongst risk preferences, loan take-up, and insurance purchase decisions. This area-based yield insurance can help reduce people's vulnerability to large scale covariate shocks, and...

El objetivo de la investigación ha sido estudiar el desempeño del sistema previsional entre 1996 y el 2013, proyectar su evolución hasta el 2050 y plantear lineamientos de una posible reforma previsional. El presente resumen tiene tres partes principales. En la primera se realiza un...