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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Diferenciales de ingreso entre trabajadores públicos y privados
2013 Marco Pariguana
El estudio pretende complementar la escasa literatura existente sobre los diferenciales de ingreso entre el sector público y privado, en el marco del debate en torno a la reforma del servicio civil peruano.
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Peruvian Microfinance’s Caja Municipal Model
2013 Miguel Jaramillo
This Brief tells the story of the Caja Municipales system, focusing on the Caja Trujillo example to offer lessons learned for other regions.
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Guide to microfinance in Latin America
2013 Miguel Jaramillo
The Guide concludes with lessons that may be relevant for other contexts, as well as highlighting key publications and organisations related to microfinance in the region.
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Latin America’s Institutional and Regulatory Innovations for Microfinance Growth
2013 Miguel Jaramillo
This Brief provides an overview to the Latin American experience in regulating MFIs, covering the history of microfinance regulation in the region and the positive effects it has had on the sector’s current performance.
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Expanding microfinance in Latin America’s rural areas
2013 Miguel Jaramillo
This brief begins by discussing microfinance’s impacts in rural areas, presenting evidence on rural poverty as well as on microfinance’s positive effects on consumption and investment in education.
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Projects
News
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Should the minimum wage be raised?
February 16, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, discussed in Altavoz President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s pronunciation on the minimum vital remuneration. According to Hugo, the minimum wage is a type of price control that distorts economies. In addition, given that 49% of workers receive wages below the minimum, “What will be the compliance of the regulation on minimum wages?”. […]
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GRADE among the most influential social policy think tanks worldwide, according to University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 2018 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
For the eighth consecutive year, GRADE has been distinguished among the Top Social Policy Think Tanks in the world —29th place—, according to 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. This study, conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania, classified 7815 organizations around the world in global and regional lists and by […]
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Minister of Labor discusses Miguel Jaramillo’s findings on the effects of the 2001 labor contract reform on workers
January 29, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
In an interview by Jaime de Althaus for El Comercio, the Minister of Labor, Javier Barreda, discusses the findings of a study undertook by our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, which finds a “correlation between a ruling of the Constitutional Court that allows the replacement in a job position (absolute stability) and the substantial increase in fixed-term contracts and […]
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Miguel Jaramillo explains the effects of Venezuelan migration over employment and incomes in Peru
January 25, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
What is the effect of the arrival of Venezuelan migrants in our country’s employment and income? Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, said in Radio Programas del Perú that the impact is minimal and in very specific sectors: “In some cases it could provide additional labor in some sectors where it is needed and in other cases […]
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Labor policy: we must look at the evidence, by Miguel Jaramillo
December 19, 2017 Employment, productivity and innovation
“We need a system that provides flexibility, decriminalizes dismissal and protects workers, not jobs”. Miguel Jaramillo, Executive Director at GRADE, shares his thoughts in El Comercio on effects of the contract reform promoted by the TC (Peruvian Constitutional Court) over the decisions regarding the type of contract used in the labor market and its consequences […]
Events
- 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