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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COVID-19 y las migraciones de la ciudad al campo en el Perú: identificación de amenazas y oportunidades para el uso sostenible del capital natural
2022 Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, Álvaro Espinoza
El Perú es uno de los países más fuertemente golpeados por la pandemia del COVID-19 en el mundo. El confinamiento nacional obligatorio que empezó a regir a mediados de marzo de 2020 y fue ampliado en varias oportunidades hasta finales de junio del mismo año, trajo como consecuencia la paralización de diversos sectores económicos y […]
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Reactivando para un mejor país después de la pandemia de COVID-19: una propuesta de diagnóstico de acción para el Perú
2021 Miguel Jaramillo, Bruno Escobar
En este documento, orientado a la discusión de políticas, presentamos un análisis económico del Perú antes y después de la pandemia, junto con un plan de recuperación financieramente sostenible de cinco años de duración dirigido a “reactivar para un mejor país”. Nuestro plan hace hincapié en la necesidad urgente de abordar algunas de las debilidades […]
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Building back better after the COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Miguel Jaramillo, Bruno Escobar
In this policy-oriented paper, we provide a pre- and post-pandemic socioeconomic analysis of Peru, along with a financially sustainable five-year Building Back Better recovery plan, which emphasizes the urgency of addressing some of the country’s structural weaknesses. We underscore the importance of public investment for this effort, but widen the focus to include current public […]
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Unpacking the Post-lockdown Employment Recovery of Young Women in the Global South
2021 Douglas Scott, Richard Freund, Marta Favara, Catherine Porter, Alan Sanchez
This paper analyses the difference in short-term employment recovery between young men and women in India, Peru and Vietnam following the national lockdowns imposed in all three countries during 2020. The authors employ a mediation model to establish whether – and to what extent – commonly suggested mechanisms are responsible for a relatively slower recovery among […]
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Política de protección social y laboral en el Ecuador
2021 Hugo Ñopo, Alejandra Peña
How effective is the social protection system in Ecuador to protect the population against various risks? What is its redistributive impact and how much does it contribute to reducing inequality? What effects does it have on productivity? These are the central questions that guide this analysis, in which some answers are tested based on the […]
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Social media instruments and the promotion of financial inclusion in peruvian rural areas
2017
This study seeks to evaluate the use of short soap operas as a mechanism to promote the use of formal savings accounts among poor rural women that have been secularly excluded from healthy interactions with the formal financial sector. The authors developed a short soap opera (telenovela), named Josefa, which transmitted pro-savings messages using characters […]
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Impact Evaluation of the Job Youth Training Program Projoven
2016Juan Jose Diaz, ,
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Natural resources, redistribution and human capital formation
2016
How do resource booms affect human capital accumulation? The authors exploit time and spatial variation generated by the commodity boom across local governments in Peru to measure the effect of natural resources on human capital formation. The authors explore the effect of both mining production and tax revenues on test scores, finding a substantial and […]
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Productividad y tratados de libre comercio a nivel de empresas en Perú
2014, , Alan Sanchez, ,
We study the empirical relationship between free trade agreement and productivity in Peru by using a pseudo experimental model. Two productivity indicators, which are measured at the firm level are considered: labor productivity and total factor productivity. We find that firms involved in international free trade either as exporters and / or importers have systematically […]
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Guía sobre microfinanzas en América Latina
2014Miguel Jaramillo,
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JournalInternational Journal of Educational Development
The changing role of international cooperation in developing countries (as they develop): A case study of skills development policies in Peru.
2012Miguel Jaramillo,
A focus on the changes in the relationship between international cooperation and local actors in the skills development field in Peru as the country strengthened its financial position in the last two decades allows us to examine the role of the economic factor in these changes.
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Gender earning gaps around the world: a study of 64 countries
2012,
The purpose of this paper is to analyze gender disparities in labor earnings for a comprehensive set of 64 countries. Design/methodology/approach – Using the methodological approach proposed by Ñopo, socio-demographic characteristics are used to match males and females such that gender earnings disparities are computed only among individuals with the same observable characteristics. Findings – […]
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JournalWorld Development
Detecting Gender and Racial Discrimination in Hiring Through Monitoring Intermediation Services: The Case of Selected Occupations in Metropolitan Lima, Peru
2012, Maximo Torero,
Inspired by audit studies methodology, the authors monitored a job intermediation service in Peru to detect gender and racial discrimination in hiring. The authors capture individual racial information using the approach of Ñopo, Saavedra, and Torero (2007), enabling a richer exploration of racial differences. Overall, the study finds discriminatory treatment in hiring only when comparing groups […]
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JournalReview of Economics and Statistics
Teaching entrepreneurship: impact of business training on microfinance clients and institutions
2011Dean Karlan, Martin Valdivia,
Using a randomized control trial, we measure the marginal impact of adding business training to a Peruvian group lending program for fem
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Using Pseudo‐Panels To Measure Income Mobility In Latin America
2011,
The paper presents a comparative overview of mobility patterns in 14 Latin American countries between 1992 and 2003. Using three alternative econometric techniques on constructed pseudo-panels, the paper provides a set of estimators for the traditional notion of income mobility as well as for mobility around extreme and moderate poverty lines. The estimates suggest very […]
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Formalización empresarial y laboral
Hacia una desarrollo inclusivo: el caso del Perú2014Juan Jose Diaz,
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Evaluación de los Programas de Apoyo a las Pyme en Perú
Evaluación de impacto de los Programas para Pyme Latinoamerica y El Caribe -
Prácticas exitosas de innovación empresarial y comportamiento tecnológico sectorial
Innovación empresarial y comportamiento tecnológico sectorial: experiencias exitosas y estudios de casos2010Juana Kuramoto,
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Descentralización de recursos humanos en educación: ¿mercado nacional o mercados regionales de docentes?
Conferencia de Economía Laboral: Tendencias del Empleo, Capital Humano, Informalidad y Rotación Laboral2008Miguel Jaramillo,
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Estructura ocupacional y formacion de clases sociales en el Perú: que nos dice la evidencia disponible sobre el Peru reciente
Clases sociales en el Perú: visiones y trayectoria2007Martín Benavides,
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Spotlight on Organisations: Labour market policies in Latin America
2014Miguel Jaramillo,
This Spotlight highlights some of the key organisations working on labour market issues in Latin America, including labour policy in general, social protection, employment, youth employment, labour training, labour migration, and labour intermediation.
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Labour Market Information Programmes
2013Miguel Jaramillo,
The Brief then provides an overview of monitoring and evaluation indicators and impact assessments before concluding with a discussion of enabling factors and key lessons for other regions.
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Peru’s ProJoven Training Programme
2013Miguel Jaramillo,
Este brief proporciona un análisis del diseño, funcionamiento de los mencanismos e impactos del programa ProJoven para extraer los factores clave de éxito que serán útiles para otras regiones.
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Impacto de la licencia municipal en el desempeño de las microempresas en el Cercado de Lima
2013Lorena Alcazar, Miguel Jaramillo,
Aportes para el debate sobre el efecto de las reformas municipales de simplificación administrativa en el comportamiento de la microempresa.
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Peruvian Microfinance’s Caja Municipal Model
2013Miguel 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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Reformas estructurales y bienestar: una mirada al Perú de los noventa
2001,
Se discute la experiencias de la última década y se da una mirada crítica a algunos aspectos de lo acontecido con las reformas económicas y sociales de primera generación durante los noventas.
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Estrategias y racionalidad de la pequeña empresa
2001, Maximo Torero, Nestor Valdivia, ,
Resultados del trabajo de investigadores de GRADE como parte del proyecto "Micro, Pequeñas y Medianas Empresas en el Perú: Análisis de los Sectores de Confecciones, Metalmecánica y Servicios Informáticos".
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Exclusión y oportunidad: jóvenes urbanos y su inserción en el mercado de trabajo y en el mercado de capacitación
2001,
Algunas de las características demográficas y socioeconómicas más importantes de jóvenes de ciudades en hogares pobres, su perfil educativo y de capacitación, y su inserción en el mercado de trabajo.
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Indicadores de ciencia y tecnología en América Latina: 1970-1990
1991Patricia McLauchlan de Arregui, Maximo Torero,
Abreviario estadístico de 11 países de América Latina. Incluye indicadores de desarrollo económico y social para evaluar su situación, progreso e impacto de sus actividades científicas y tecnológicas.
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Projects
- Evaluation of the design and execution of public budgets (EDEPP) – Public Teaching CareerJanuary 2013 - May 2013
- Promoviendo el liderazgo de las mujeres en pequeñas empresasNovember 2012
- Mini-novels, financial education and savings promotionJuly 2012 - April 2014
- Annual monitoring of informal economy in PeruApril 2012 - December 2012
- Research balance and priorities in public policies in Peru 2007-2011: science, technology and innovationJanuary 2012 - May 2012
- Systematization of experiences in the execution of the research projects of the Science and Technology Program of Peru – FINCyTJanuary 2012 - April 2012
- Support in designing the specialized survey on innovation in the manufacturing sectorNovember 2011 - May 2012
- Income difference between public and private employmentNovember 2011 - February 2012
- Analysis of the Labor Market and Higher Education Offer in PeruSeptember 2011 - December 2012
- Sizing of the Innovation Program for CompetitivenessJune 2011 - September 2011
News
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Building safer and more sustainable food systems in Peru, by Karine Gatellier (IDS) and Ricardo Fort
July 22, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation, Poverty and equality
The pandemic has aggravated the food insecurity situation of people. In Peru, the most vulnerable are facing great difficulties in accessing food, while food market vendors are also struggling to keep their businesses afloat. Read this Covid-19 Responses for Equity (CORE) story of change to know how the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “Clear processes are needed for any regulatory reform and a public discussion based more on evidence than on ideological principles”
June 27, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
“A first point is that the Ministry establishes a clear position regarding the generation of formal employment. […] A second point is the need to have a stable regulatory framework. Norms cannot be approved without following a minimum public discussion procedure. Another point is what the Ministry can do to make life in formality easier. […]
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Labor market and poverty, by Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
June 12, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
“The number of people with a formal job was the lowest in almost a decade, 3.78 million people. The combination of low growth in formal employment, growing informality and meager recovery of income in the informal sector condemns us to greater poverty”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, analyzes the panorama of the labor market and poverty […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “The policies of this government serve a very specific political clientele”
May 16, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
Formal workers —especially unionized ones— are the ones who have been prioritized in recent labor measures, according to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE. The dialogue also addressed issues such as the minimum wage, productivity, the release of the AFP, poverty, among others. Read the full interview in El Comercio. Subscribe for access.
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“If the rights to health and pensions go from being labor rights to human rights, their financing must expand in the same direction.” In his new weekly article for Jugo de Caigua, our Senior Researcher Hugo Ñopo writes about the paradigm shift required by the labor market in Peru.
Events
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Hugo Ñopo was a panelist in the Dialogues on the Future of Work in the Global South from the perspective of Latin America
20/07/2021 10:00 am YouTube de FOWIGS Employment, productivity and innovation
We invite you to participate in the Future of Work Dialogues in the Global South from the perspective of Latin America. 25 experts will discuss around 6 round tables: Skills, Technology, Labor market institutions, Demography, Inequality and Fiscal Policy. Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, will be a panelist for the first roundtable. These dialogues are […]
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Hugo Ñopo will be a discussant at an UNDP High Level Political Forum parallel virtual event
14/07/2021 8:30am Zoom del PNUD Employment, productivity and innovation
The UNDP Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean will organize the virtual event “The effects of social protection policies: their effectiveness in protecting households against risks and their impact on productivity” during the High Level Political Forum on sustainable development. The event will address the effects of social protection policies: their effectiveness in […]
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Miguel Jaramillo was a panelist in the UP and World Bank webinar, Formalize to Grow
16/06/2021 3:00 pm Facebook Banco Mundial Employment, productivity and innovation
“You have the right to social protection because you are a citizen of this country. The idea is how to change the focus from a Bismarckian system, where social security is tied to an labour relationship, to one where we have the right to social protection as citizens. Therefore, this would no longer be financed by […]
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Miguel Jaramillo will be a speaker at the discussion of the Peruvian Society for Labor Law and Social Security on the reactivation of employment
01/06/2021 7:00 am - 8:30 pm Facebook de la SPDTSS Employment, productivity and innovation
Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo will be one of the speakers at a dialogue on Proposals for the reactivation of employment in Peru, organized by the Peruvian Society for Labor and Social Security Law (SPDTSS). SPEAKERS Miguel Jaramillo (GRADE) Catherine Eyzaguirre (economist, human development specialist) CHAIR Jaime Zavala (former president of the SPDTSS) LIVE BROADCAST Follow the […]
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Miguel Jaramillo joined a REDES webinar on the reactivation of MSMEs and short-term employment
27/05/2021 9:00 pm Facebook de REDES Employment, productivity and innovation
How to regain the momentum of employment and how does that involve micro, small and medium-sized firms? Watch again the participation of our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo in a Red de Estudios para el Desarrollo (REDES) webinar on the reactivation of MSMEs and short-term employment.
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