Employment, Productivity and Innovation
The main objective of various projects carried out at GRADE in this area has been to assess the economic impacts of labor legislation and its effects on the hiring of temporary workers, on employment rotation and mobility, or non-salary labor costs and on the demand for formal employment. Additional issues include the insertion of youth in the labor market, self-employment rates, the role of micro and small-scale enterprises in employment generation, and policies for driving innovation in the country.
Senior Researchers
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Juan José Díaz Noziglia
PhD en Economics - University of Maryland
Juan José Díaz has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His interests include the labor economy and evaluating social, educational, health and development programs.
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Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
PhD en History - University of California
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he received a PhD in History. His areas of interests are labor economics, social policy and institutional analysis. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. […]
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Máximo Torero Cullen (de licencia)
PhD en Economics - University of California, Los Angeles
Maximo received a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Economics and held a postdoctoral fellow position at the UCLA Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Currently, he is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Publications
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Promoviendo el empleo y la empleabilidad durante el COVID-19: evaluación de cuatro experiencias en América Latina
2023 Lorena Alcazar, Miguel Jaramillo, Fernando Távara
La pandemia del COVID-19 y las medidas para controlarla impactaron fuertemente en el mercado laboral de América Latina. A raíz de esta crisis, la región experimentó una rápida caída de su población ocupada y una importante alza en el desempleo, que perjudicaron en mayor medida a las mujeres y los jóvenes. En este contexto, los […]
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Mejorando la empleabilidad de mujeres urbanas vulnerables en tiempos de pandemia en el Perú: evaluación experimental del componente de capacitación virtual en un programa de empleo temporal
2023 Lorena Alcazar, Shirley Huerta
Este documento evalúa el impacto de un programa de capacitaciones otorgado de manera aleatoria a beneficiarios del programa de empleo temporal Trabaja Perú (TP). Este experimento ofrece la oportunidad de examinar el impacto de la intervención dirigida hacia mujeres vulnerables en un contexto particular de alto desempleo como el generado por el COVID-19. El estudio […]
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Employment protection legislation and on-the-job training in an informal labor market: evidence from Peru
2022 Miguel Jaramillo, Bruno Escobar
Training and learning on the job are two critical channels for human capital accumulation during work years. Several studies in developed countries have found that fixed-term contract (FTC) workers receive less training sponsored by their employers than openended contract (OEC) workers do. In contrast, FTC workers participate more actively in informal learning during their job […]
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Innovación en el sector público
El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar2022 Juana Kuramoto
Los procesos de innovación en el sector público son fundamentales para generar nuevos y mejorados servicios o bienes, pero también para reformar y hacer más eficiente el proceso de entrega de aquellos ya existentes. Para ello, es preciso que el Gobierno tenga claro cuál es el modelo de provisión con el que se entregarán estos […]
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La protección social en el Perú: estado actual y cómo marchar hacia el acceso universal
El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar2022 Miguel Jaramillo
En este ensayo se busca resumir el estado de la cuestión sobre la protección social en el Perú, y sugerir algunos campos de acción concretos para avanzar en el diseño de un sistema que cubra a todos los ciudadanos.
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Políticas de protección social y laboral en el Perú. Una espiral de buenas intenciones, malos resultados y peores respuestas
2021
The legislation stipulates that, with some exceptions, all workers and their family members are covered by a social safety net that is financed by contributions from employers and workers. This legislation, to a large extent, is violated and to another extent has exceptions. As a result, most workers do not enjoy contributory social protection. The […]
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Savings Groups Reduce Vulnerability, but Have Mixed Effects on Financial Inclusion
2020
This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, researchers investigate the impact of savings groups after more than two years of exposure. The authors find that savings groups […]
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Savings Groups Reduce Vulnerability, but have Mixed Effects on Financial Inclusion
2020
This paper evaluates the impact of the introduction of savings groups on poverty, vulnerability, and financial inclusion outcomes in rural Peru. Using a cluster randomized control trial and relying on both survey and administrative records, researchers investigate the impact of savings groups over a two year period. The authors find that savings groups channel expensive […]
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El Coronavirus y los retos para el trabajo de las mujeres en América Latina
2020
The Coronavirus pandemic has spread throughout the world and Latin America has not escaped its health, economic and social impacts. The economic strike resulting from a combination of astringent measures (self-quarantines, mandatory quarantines, limited capacity of people in commercial premises, factories and offices, border closures, etc.), is generating profound economic and social impacts. In the […]
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Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: Understanding who is left behind and why
2020
Given the large inequalities in Peru, fulfilling the ’leave no one behind’ UN 2030 Agenda commitment might become the country’s largest challenge to SDG implementation. In light of this, understanding who is left behind, and why, gains particular importance. This study uses a mixed methodological approach to provide a baseline of the left behind in […]
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JournalJournal of International Development
Health Impacts of a Public–Private Partnership Rural Roads Maintenance Programme
2018
The authors provide evidence of health impacts of a public-private rural roads maintenance programme in Peru, which is characterized by a contracting mechanism that employs small local firms. Using a difference‐in‐differences approach, they find that improved roads connectivity leads to positive health externalities.
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JournalJournal on Education in Emergencies
Can Teacher Training Programs Influence Gender Norms? Mixed-Methods Experimental Evidence from Northern Uganda
2017
This mixed-methods cluster-randomized controlled trial examines the impact of a teacher-training program that aimed to promote positive gender socialization in the conflict-affected region of Karamoja, Uganda. The theory of change suggests that the education system and teachers can play critical roles in promoting positive gender roles and gender equality, which has important implications for peacebuilding. […]
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Journal IZA Journal of Labor & Development
Psychosocial competencies and risky behaviours in Peru
2017
The authors use a unique longitudinal dataset from Peru to investigate the relationship between psychosocial competencies related to the concepts of self-esteem, self-efficacy, and aspirations, and a number of risky behaviours at a crucial transition period between adolescence and early adulthood. First of all, they document a high prevalence of risky behaviours with 1 out of […]
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JournalLaborem
La perspectiva económica de la regulación laboral y la legislación laboral peruana
2016Miguel Jaramillo,
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JournalWorld Development
Participatory Democracy and Effective Policy: Is There a Link? Evidence from Rural Peru
2015Miguel Jaramillo, ,
We examine the relationship between participatory democratic institutions and effective agricultural policy in rural Peruvian municipalities, using a unique quantitative dataset of 100 Peruvian municipalities at two points in time, allowing us to examine (a) bottom-up, grassroots participatory governance institutions, and (b) Peru’s top-down participatory budgeting reform implemented in all Peruvian sub-national governments in the […]
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Understanding the Role of the Couple in Key Decisions and Actions of the Female Entrepreneur in Peru
Measuring women’s economic empowerment: Lessons from South America2017
For this study, the author analyzed two variants of the question about the extent to which women evidence agency: women’s participation in making key business decisions and men’s participation in carrying out household chores in urban Peru. The objective of the analysis was to understand in a better way the relationship between women entrepreneurs and their […]
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La carrera docente en el Perú
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016
This chapter examines recent advances and the remaining challenges in the teaching career in Peru. We explore the conditions of those studying to become teachers: their initial training, job access, and working conditions as teachers. To do this, we review both the national literature as well as part of the Latin American literature, and explore […]
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Diez años Juntos: un balance de la investigación del impacto del programa de transferencias condicionadas del Perú sobre el capital humano
Investigación para el desarrollo en el Perú: once balances2016
Juntos is the Peruvian government’s conditional cash transfer program. In recent years, a number of impact evaluations have been carried out with the aim of measuring the effect of Juntos on its conditionalities (the use of health and education services), as well as on the human capital accumulated by the beneficiaries. This study seeks to […]
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Estrategia de ciencia, tecnología, capital humano: innovación y productividad para el desarrollo
Estrategias para el Desarrollo Económico y Social del Perú2016
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Productividad y apertura comercial en el Perú
Productividad en el Perú: medición, determinantes e implicancias2016, , Alan Sanchez, ,
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Apego al terruño: La geografía de los mercados laborales de docentes
2015Miguel Jaramillo,
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Spotlight on organisations: smallholder farmers and rural development
2014Manuel Glave,
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Spotlight on publications: smallholder farmers and rural development
2014Manuel Glave,
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Land grabbing in Latin America: opportunity or threat?
2014Gerardo Damonte,
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Latin America’s rural family farmers: evolutions in access to markets and rural income structure
2014, Manuel Glave,
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¿Qué sabemos sobre los programas y políticas de primer empleo en América Latina?
2015, Juan Jose Diaz, ,
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Inclusión social: diálogos entre la investigación y las políticas públicas
2014Martín Benavides, Miguel Jaramillo, Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, Nestor Valdivia, Lorena Alcazar, Manuel Glave, Maria Balarin, Juan Jose Diaz, Juana Kuramoto, Gerardo Damonte,
Esta publicación recoge el espíritu del seminario internacional "Cambios Institucionales para un Estado más Inclusivo" (julio de 2012), y apunta a lo más relevante y valioso de cada exposición, intervención y comentario.
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New Century, Old Disparities : Gender and Ethnic Earnings Gaps in Latin America and the Caribbean
2012,
Despite sustained economic growth at the end of the 20th and the beginning of the 21st century, Latin America and the Caribbean still faces high inequality and weak indicators of well-being among certain population groups. Women, people of African ancestry, and indigenous peoples are often at the bottom of the income distribution. The share of […]
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La era de la productividad: Cómo transformar las economías desde sus cimientos
2010,
“La era de la productividad” describe de qué manera la baja productividad de América Latina y el Caribe impide que la región se ponga a la par de los países del mundo desarrollado. Los autores indagan más allá de las explicaciones macroeconómicas tradicionales y profundizan hasta llegar al nivel de las industrias y las empresas […]
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Discrimination in Latin America : An Economic Perspective
2010,
The chapters presented in that volume adopt a variety of these methodological tools in order to explore the extent to which discrimination against women and demographic minorities is pervasive in Latin America. In chapter two, Castillo, Petrie, and Torero present a series of experiments to understand the nature of discrimination in urban Lima, Peru. They […]
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La medición del empleo y los ingresos en El Salvador
1998,
La consultoría ha evaluado y analizado la información del módulo de empleo e ingresos de la Encuesta de Propósitos Múltiples que aplica División de Información Social de la DIGESTYC- El Salvador.
Projects
- Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: understanding who is left behind and whyJune 2019
- Adjusting parameters contained in Altman Model Z to Peru’s economic realityOctober 2017
- Adapting parameters contained in the Model Z of Altman to the reality of the Peruvian economyOctober 2017
- Institutions and competitiveness: the case of Lima’s wholesale marketsOctober 2017
- Current labor intermediation services in the sidelines of the New Job Opportunities program for young peopleMarch 2017
- Analyzing the budget impact of the proposal for a new human resources remuneration policy in Health sector in PeruJanuary 2017
- Soft skills, occupational decisions and use of credit among microfinance clientsNovember 2017
- Youth and inequality in Peru: opportunities and barriersJanuary 2017
- Reviewing innovation agencies in Latin AmericaDecember 2016
- Preparing a guide document on Science, Technology & Innovation research for San Agustin National UniversityNovember 2016
News
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Does politics affect the uptake of social policies? Post by Martín Valdivia and others in The Journal of Politics’ blog
June 25, 2023 Employment, productivity and innovation
Martin Valdivia and coauthors examine whether policy preferences affect the uptake and learning from government programs in the context of Brazil’s Individual Microentrepreneur Program, which provides subsidized access to social security coverage and business-related incentives. To this end, they report the results of a field experiment in low-income communities in Rio de Janeiro. Blog based on […]
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Miguel Jaramillo’s commentary on poverty reduction in the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor
June 23, 2023 Employment, productivity and innovation
“Going back to a path of poverty reduction requires a more promising business environment and a modicum of political stability”. Read the full commentary by our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo in the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor.
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#8M La Mirada: Women workers, in the crisis and after, by Miguel Jaramillo
March 19, 2023 Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
“Women have more self-employment and less salaried work, figure less among business employers and more among unpaid family workers.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes about the impact of the pandemic and the policies implemented in that context on the participation of women workers in economic activity. Read the full op-ed in El Comercio […]
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El mercado laboral del 2022: persisten los déficits estructurales
January 8, 2023 Employment, productivity and innovation
“Formal employment grew in all age groups, but particularly among the youngest, and at all educational levels, although more so among people with completed secondary school and higher education, where the bulk of the labor force is concentrated. It also grew more among men than women”. Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes in El […]
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RPP: Miguel Jaramillo comments on informal employment in Peru
December 26, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
According to the latest INEI report for 2022, there were 432,000 more jobs in Peru than in 2019. However, out of every 10 workers, only 2 are formal. For our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo, formal employment slowed down because there was no growth in private investment due to economic uncertainty. Read his opinion in this […]
Events
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Seminario internacional Inclusión laboral con enfoque de género en respuesta al COVID-19 en Latinoamérica
24/11/2022 9:00 am - 11:00 am Zoom y Facebook de GRADE Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) tiene el agrado de invitarle al seminario internacional Inclusión laboral con enfoque de género en respuesta al COVID-19 en Latinoamérica. El seminario virtual propone debatir en torno a intervenciones para promover el empleo en el contexto económico afectado por la pandemia, así como discutir propuestas y recomendaciones de […]
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CIES 2022: Miguel Jaramillo to discuss the keynote lecture by UN’s High-level Advisory Board member
04/11/2022 8:45 am Web del CIES Employment, productivity and innovation
The Consortium for Economic and Social Research organize the keynote lecture by UN High-level Advisory Board member, Jayati Ghosh, “Informal Employment and Gender in Post-Pandemic Developing Countries”, as part of the CIES 2022 Research Seminar. Miguel Jaramillo (GRADE) and Leda Pérez (UP) will be discussants. SIGN UP Admission is free prior registration here.
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Miguel Jaramillo joined an OIT webinar on labour transitions and income dynamics in Latin America
29/09/2022 → 30/09/2022 8:00 am Zoom de la OIT Employment, productivity and innovation
Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, and Daniela Campos, from University of Wisconsin, joined the webinar “Labour transitions and income dynamics in Latin America”, held by the International Labour Organization (ILO). The two-day event brought together academics, researchers and specialists to discuss these issues in the region. 17 articles were presented in 5 sessions where […]
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Manuel Glave discussed a research article on the unrest of the Mining Mita
23/09/2022 2:00 pm Zoom de la PUCP Employment, productivity and innovation
Our Senior Researcher Manuel Glave discussed the findings of the research article “The Legacy of the Spanish Conquista in the Andes: Mining Mita, Persistent Social Unrest, and Cultural Divergence”, by César Huaroto from the Department of Departamento de Economics of the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru, and Francisco Gallego. The article addresses the persistent effect […]
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GRADE on live, Publication Presentation, Webinar
GRADE 40 years | Book Launch “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar”
01/09/2022 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm Zoom de GRADE Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition, Urbanization and sustainable cities
El Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) organizes the launch of the book “El Perú pendiente: ensayos para un desarrollo con bienestar” (The Pending Peru: essays for a development with well-being), as part of the commemorative celebration for its forty years of institutional life. The book is a collection of essays that, from different conceptual and […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities