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We investigate the labor market effects of putting bounds to domestic outsourcing in Peru. A series of difference-in-differences specifications for individuals with high versus low predicted propensities to be outsourced show evidence of non-negative labor market effects. Limiting domestic outsourcing increases labor force participation by 1.5 percentage points and employment by 2.3 percentage points while it reduces unemployment by 0.8 percentage points, but has no statistically significant impact on labor formality nor real wages. Our results suggest that a policy of restricting outsourcing does neither destruct jobs nor does it improve workers' labor market conditions in the short-run.

We contrast the socio-demographic profiles and degree of information received by women that were sterilized with women that used other contraceptive methods. We use data from the 2016 round of the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) for Peru and compare these profiles with those of the 2000s, which contain the effects of the massive non-voluntary sterilizations executed in Peru in the late 1990s. From 2000 to 2016 there is a reduction from 17% to 10% in the use of sterilization as a contraceptive method. There is also an important socio-demographic change in the incidence of sterilization, from women who are indigenous, from the highlands, and without electricity toward women who are non-indigenous, literate, coastal and who have electricity at home. There is not only no improvement in the information received by users of contraceptive methods with respect to the 1990s, but there is even a worsening: the percentage of sterilized women that received complete information dropped from 35% in 2000 to 34% in 2016. Moreover, the information provided for sterilizations continues to be poorer than for other, non-terminal, methods. We also estimate that providing incomplete information about the sterilization procedure increases the probability of sterilization in 7 percent points.

El potasio es un elemento esencial que influye directamente en crecimiento y desarrollo del tomate, una hortaliza rica en vitaminas y licopeno, carotenoide con gran poder antioxidante utilizado en prevenir enfermedades degenerativas. La investigación se realizó con el objetivo de evaluar el efecto del potasio en el rendimiento y calidad del tomate var. Floradade. Se estudiaron tres dosis de K2O (250, 300 y 350 kg ha-1) más un testigo, 200 kg ha-1 (que correspondió a lo que contenía el suelo) en un diseño de Bloques Completos al Azar con tres repeticiones. Los resultados mostraron que la mejor dosis fue 250 kg ha-1 que produjo un rendimiento de 17,77 t ha-1 en relación al testigo referencial 200 kg ha-1 con 13,20 t ha-1; mientras que, con la dosis más alta, 350 kg ha-1 fue de 6,49 t ha-1. Las dosis de 250 y 300 kg ha-1 200 kg ha-1 of K2O presentaron los mejores calibres de los frutos; así como el contenido de sólidos solubles.

El proyecto “Creación de un trazado de vía auxiliar para servicio de carga industrial”, se basa en la creación de un nuevo trazado de vía, partiendo de una vía existente de la línea Llobregat-Anoia de los FGC comprendida entre los PK 17+000-17+400. La futura vía auxiliar transcurrirá por el término municipal de Pallejà lo que conlleva una mayor dificultad en la creación de un trazado, ya que nos encontramos a lo largo de la traza con diferentes obstáculos tales como pilas del viaducto de la carretera B-24, Riera de Ángel Guimerà y Avenida Prat de la Riba.