Human capital

The Long Shadow of Conflict on Human Capital: Intergenerational Evidence from Peru

Journal of Development Economics, 2025, 174, 103468.

Hidalgo, A., Porter, C., Sánchez, A., Singhal, S.

Human Capital Development: New Evidence on the Production of Socio-Emotional Skills    

Journal of Human Resources, 2025, 60(4), forthcoming. [Journal version] [Replication files]

Mitchell, M., Favara, M., Porter, P., Sánchez, A.

Unpacking the COVID-19 Gender Employment Gap among Young People in the Global South

Review of Development Economics, Early view.  [Early draft]

Scott, D., Freund, R., Favara, M., Porter, C. & Sánchez, A. 

Long-term Effects of Rainfall Shocks on Foundational Cognitive Skills: Evidence from Peru

Economics and Human Biology, 2024, 54, 101407. [Journal version]

Pazos, N., Favara, M., Sánchez, A., Scott, D., Behrman, J.

Late-childhood Foundational Cognitive Skills Predict Educational Outcomes through Adolescence and into Young Adulthood: Evidence from Ethiopia and Peru

Economics of Education Review, 2024, 100, 102543. [Journal version]

Lopez, J., Behrman, J.R., Cueto, S., Favara, M., Sánchez, A. 

Does Early Nutrition Predict Cognitive Skills During Later Childhood? Evidence from Two Developing Countries

World Development, 2024, 176, 106480. [Journal version] [Replication files]

Sánchez, A., Favara, M., Sheridan, M., Behrman, J. 

Young Lives, interrupted: short-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on adolescents in low- and middle-income countries

Journal of Development Studies, 2022, 58(6). 

Favara, M., Freund, R., Porter, C., Sánchez, A., Scott, D.

Impact of the JUNTOS Conditional Cash Transfer Program on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes in Peru: Comparison between Younger and Older Initial Exposure

Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2020, 68(3), 865-897.

Sánchez, A., Melendez, G., Behrman, J.

Understanding teenage fertility in Peru: an analysis using longitudinal data

Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24(4), 1217-1236. 

Favara, M., Lavado, P., Sánchez, A.

Accessing Higher Education in Developing Countries: Panel Data Analysis from India, Peru, and Vietnam

World Development, 2018, 109, 261-278.

Sánchez, A., Singh, A.

Psychosocial status and cognitive achievement in Peru

Review of Development Economics, 2018, 22(4), 1536-1560, 

Outes, I., Sánchez, A., Molina, O.

The Structural Relationship between Early Nutrition, Cognitive Skills and Non-Cognitive Skills in Four Developing Countries

Economics & Human Biology, 2017, 27, 33-54.

Sánchez, A.

Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru

IZA Journal of Labour & Development, 2016, 6(3).

Favara, M., Sánchez, A.

Participation in the JUNTOS conditional cash transfer program in Peru is associated with changes in child anthropometric status but not language development or school achievement

Journal of Nutrition, 2015, 145(10), p. 2396-2405.

Andersen, C., Reynolds, S., Behrman, J., Crookston, B., Dearden, K., Escobal, J., Mani, S., Sánchez, A., Stein, A., Fernald, L.

Height in mid childhood and psychosocial competencies in late childhood: Evidence from four developing countries

Economics & Human Biology, 2013, 11(4), p. 426-432.

Dercon, S., Sánchez, A.

Mental health

The evolution of young people’s mental health during COVID-19 and the role of food insecurity: evidence from a four low-and-middle-income-country cohort study

Public Health in Practice, 2022, 3, 100232. 

Porter, C., Hittmeyer, A., Favara, M., Scott, D., Sánchez, A.

Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Anxiety and Depression Symptoms of Young People in the Global South: Evidence from a Four-Country Cohort Study

BMJ Open,  2021, 11(4).

Porter, C., Favara, M., Hittmeyer, A., Scott, D., Sánchez, A., Ellanki, R., Woldehanna, T., Duc, L.T., Craske, M., Stein, A.

Violence

The impact of COVID-19 lockdowns on domestic violence Evidence from a list randomization experiment

SSM Population Health, 2021, 14, 100792. 

Porter, C., Favara, M., Sánchez, A., Scott, D.

Alcohol-induced physical intimate partner violence and child development in Peru

Oxford Development Studies, 2020, 48(3), p. 271-86.

Bedoya, M., Espinoza, K., Sánchez, A.

Methodology

Cohort Profile Update: The Young Lives study

International Journal of Epidemiology, 2021, 50(6), 1784-1785e.

Favara, M, Crivello, G., Penny, M., Porter, C., Revathi, E., Sánchez, A., Scott, D., Thuc Duc, L., Woldehanna, T., McKay, A.

Survey Attrition after 15 Years of Tracking Children in Four Developing Countries: the Young Lives study

Review of Development Economics, 2020, 24(4), 1196-1216. 

Sánchez, A., Escobal, J.

Multidisciplinary and mixed methods

Employment and wage effects of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes and front-off-package warning label regulations on the food and beverage industry: evidence from Peru

Food Policy, 2023, 115.

Diaz, J.J., Sánchez, A., Diez-Canseco, F., Miranda, J., Popkin, B.

Marketization’ of higher education in Peru: who attends private institutions and what are the perceived advantages (disadvantages)?

Higher Education Quarterly, 2023, 77(3), 465-485.

Thapa, A., Behrman, J., Miranda, A., Sánchez, A.

The relationship between secure attachment and play during early childhood with cognitive skills and socio-emotional competencies: Longitudinal evidence from Peru

Children and Society, 2022, 36(5), 916-932.

Hurtado-Mazeyra, A., Alejandro-Oviedo, O., Rojas-Zegarra, M., Sánchez, A.

The relationship between access to pre-school education and the development of social-emotional competencies: Longitudinal evidence from Peru

International Journal of Educational Development, 2021, 87, 102482. 

Arapa, B, Sánchez, E., Hurtado-Mazeyra, A., Sánchez, A.

Publications from the "Study of Obesity, Genes, Nutrition and Social Factors (SONGS)" 

(funded by MRC in the UK and PROCIENCIA in Peru, as a sub-study of the Young Lives Study in Peru)

Interaction between genetic risk score and dietary carbohydrate intake on high-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels: Findings from the study of obesity, nutrition, genes and social factors (SONGS)

Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, 2025, 66, 83-92. 

Ramatu, W., Curi-Quinto, K., Litai, L., Espinoza, D., Aquino, A., (...) Favara, M., Sánchez, A., Karani, V.

School environments and obesity: a systematic review of interventions and policies among school-age students in Latin America and the Caribbean

International Journal of Obesity. 2023, 47, 5-16.

Vega, M. J., Murray, C., Nunes, R., Hidalgo, A., Curi-Quinto, Penny, M., Cueto, S., Lovegrove, J., Sánchez, A., Vimaleswaran, V.

Interactions between genetic and lifestyle factors on cardiometabolic disease-related outcomes in Latin American and Caribbean populations: A systematic review

Frontiers in Nutrition,  2023, 10-2023. 

Wuni, R., Ventura, E., Curi-Quinto, Murray, C., Nunes, R., Lovegrove, J., Penny, M., Favara, M., Sánchez, A., Vimaleswaran, V.

Development of an Online Food Frequency Questionnaire and Estimation of Misreporting of Energy Intake during the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Young Adults in Peru

Frontiers in Nutrition, 2022, 9.

Vega, M. J., Curi-Quinto, K., Hidalgo, A., Meza, K., Lago, N., Arias, L., Penny, M., Sánchez, A., Vimaleswaran, V.

Role of government financial support and vulnerability characteristics associated with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic among young peruvians

Nutrients, 2021, 13(10), 3546.

Curi-Quinto, K., Sánchez, A., Lago, N., Penny, M., Murray, C., Nunes, R., Favara, M., Wijeyesekera, A., Lovegrove, J., Soto, V., Vimaleswaran, K. 

Publications in Spanish

Minimum wage and job mobility in Peru 

JCC: The Business and Economics Research Journal, 2014, 7(1), p. 23-50.

Cespedes, N., Sánchez, A.

Factores de eficacia escolar en el uso de laptops del programa OLPC [IN SPANISH]

Revista Peruana de Investigación Educativa, 2014, 6, 115-144.

Wensjoe, M., Cueto, S., Sánchez, A., Melendez, G., Namen, O.

Productividad sectorial en el Perú; un análisis a nivel de firmas [IN SPANISH]

Revista de Estudios Económicos, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, 2014, 28, 9-26.

Céspedes, N., Aquije, M.A., Sánchez, A., Vera-Tudela, R.,

Impacto del programa Juntos sobre nutrición temprana [IN SPANISH]

Revista de Estudios Económicos, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, 2012, 23, 53-66.

Sánchez, A., Jaramillo, M.

Dolarización financiera, el enfoque de portafolio y expectativas: evidencia para América Latina [IN SPANISH]

Revista de Estudios Económicos, 2006, Banco Central de Reserva del Perú, 14, 107-130. 

Sánchez, A.