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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El Coronavirus y los retos para el trabajo de las mujeres en América Latina
2020 Diana Gutierrez, Guillermina Martin, Hugo Ñopo
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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The impact of Covid-19 on the Peruvian economy
2020 Miguel Jaramillo, Hugo Ñopo
Potential impacts on labor incomes of Peruvian homes are analyzed. Although it is still uncertain the magnitude and duration of the economic shock those homes deal with, our approach focus attention on this research question: how prepared are the Peruvian homes for shocks as the one they are dealing with these days? What impacts are […]
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Poor education and precarious jobs in Peru: Understanding who is left behind and why
2020 Lorena Alcazar, Micaela Bullard, Maria Balarin
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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Impactos de la epidemia del coronavirus en el trabajo de las mujeres en el Perú
2020 Miguel Jaramillo, Hugo Ñopo
The study aimed to analyze the potential effects of the crisis on the employment and labor income of women in Peru. To achieve this, the research team did a comparative analysis of the labor insertion of women in contrast to men, exploring their strengths and weaknesses in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic situation. The […]
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COVID-19 and external shock. Economic impacts and policy options
2020 Miguel Jaramillo, Hugo Ñopo
Latin America is currently suffering from two independent but related shocks: the impact of COVID-19 and the shock of commodity prices. Peru, we argue, is a case in which the strongest impact comes from the pandemic. Peru was the first country in Latin America to react and implement sanitary and economic measures against the coronavirus. […]
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Gender Earnings Gaps in the Caribbean: Evidence from Barbados and Jamaica
2010,
The authors analyzes gender earnings gaps in Barbados and Jamaica, using a matching comparisons approach. In both countries, as in most of the Caribbean region, females’ educational achievement is higher than that of males. Nonetheless, males’ earnings surpass those of their female peers. Depending on the set of control characteristics, males’ earnings surpass those of […]
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Pobreza e impactos heterogéneos de las políticas activas del empleo juvenil: el caso de PROJOVEN en el Perú
2009Miguel Jaramillo,
Análisis de la relación entre la pobreza de los hogares y los impactos de políticas activas de promoción del empleo en el Perú, en parti
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Gender Wage Gaps in Central American Countries: Evidence from a Non-Parametric Approach
2009,
The authors compares gender wage gaps for Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador from the mid-1990s to the mid-2000s using the non-parametric matching methodology introduced by Ñopo (2008), which allows an analysis not only of average gaps but also their distributions. While a simple comparison of average wages would suggest small or even negative […]
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New Century, Old Disparities: Gender and Ethnic Wage Gaps in Latin America
2009,
The paper surveys gender and ethnic wage gaps in 18 Latin American countries, decomposing differences using matching comparisons as a non-parametric alternative to the Blinder-Oaxaca (BO) decomposition. It is found that men earn 9-27 percent more than women, with high cross-country heterogeneity. The unexplained pay gap is higher among older, informal and self-employed workers and […]
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Gender and Racial Wage Gaps in Brazil 1996-2006: Evidence Using a Matching Comparisons Approach
2009
The authors explores the evolution of Brazilian wage gaps by gender and skin color over a decade (1996-2006), using the matching comparison methodology developed by Ñopo (2008). In Brazil, racial wage gaps are more pronounced than those found along the gender divide, although both noticeably decreased over the course of the last decade. The decomposition […]
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JournalBoletín Cinterfor: Boletín Técnico Interamericano de Formación Profesional
El Programa de Capacitación Laboral Juvenil (ProJoven)
2000,
El artículo que aquí se presenta originalmente formaba pate de la publicación "Exclusión y oportunidad. Jóvenes urbanos y su inserción en el mercado de trabajo y en el mercado de capacitación".
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JournalSocialismo y participación
El mercado laboral peruano: situación actual y opciones para los próximos años
2000,
En el documento se analiza la situación actual del mercado de trabajo peruano y se analizan detalladamente las diferentes propuestas existentes en torno al problema del empleo en el país.
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JournalDesarrollo productivo
El mercado de tierras en el Peru: análisis institucional y económico
1999Eduardo Zegarra,
En el primer volumen se analizan de manera sistemática algunos de los elementos conformantes del "contexto institucional" en que funciona el mercado de tierras en el Perú.
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JournalAmerican ethnologist
Alguito para ganar (a little something to earn): profits and losses in peasant economies
1999Manuel Glave, ,
We explore various ways in which small-scale peasants in the highlands of Peru conceptualize the everyday concept of profit in the contemporary context of neoliberalism.
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JournalThe Journal of Development Studies
Structural reform, institutions and earnings from the formal and informal sectors in urban Peru
1999,
Reforms undertaken in Perú in the early 1990s might have resulted in a slight reduction of the informal sector. Costs associated with becoming and staying informal, and benefits of becoming formal might have increased.
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Labor markets during 1990s
After the Washington Consensus: restarting growth and reform in Latin America2003
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El impacto de la apertura al comercio internacional sobre la economía regional del extremo norte peruano, 1780-1877
Estado y mercado en la historia del Perú2002Miguel Jaramillo,
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La flexibilización del mercado laboral
La reforma incompleta: rescatando los noventa2000
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Determinants of embodied technology transfer from stars to firms
Knowledge transfer in biotechnology in Japan: comparative institutional context and commercial success2000, , Maximo Torero,
Applying a model of job mobility, we explain the probability that a previously untied academic star will start working with a firm as a function of measures of the star's scientific quality, factors affecting trial frequency and the scientists' reservation wage, and interfering university offers.
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Determinantes de las decisiones de trabajo en tareas no agropecuarias dentro de la finca en el Perú
Pobreza y economía social: análisis de una encuesta (ENNIV-1997)1999Javier Escobal, Jorge Aguero,
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Minería hoy / Hacia una reforma integral de la capacitación
2007Juana Kuramoto, Miguel Jaramillo,
Minería hoy: la bonanza que no hay que desperdiciar / Hacia una reforma integral de la capacitación.
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Políticas para mejorar el desempeño del mercado laboral / Las concesiones de infraestructura en el sector portuario
2005Miguel Jaramillo, Lorena Alcazar,
Políticas para mejorar el desempeño del mercado laboral / Las concesiones de infraestructura en el sector portuario: un balance de la experiencia de Matarani.
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Reforma del agua y competitividad / Las diferencias de género en los mercados de trabajo peruano
2005Eduardo Zegarra, ,
Reforma del agua y competitividad: la necesidad de una nueva estrategia / Las diferencias de género en los mercados de trabajo peruano.
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El agro peruano en un nuevo partidor / Angustias laborales en el Perú de hoy
2000Javier Escobal,
El agro peruano en un nuevo partidor / Angustias laborales en el Perú de hoy.
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Estructura de ingresos en Lima Metropolitana: 1986-1995
1999Juan Jose Diaz,
La investigación analiza la evolución de los ingresos relativos entre grupos de la fuerza de trabajo que se definen según género, educación y experiencia.
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Projects
- Las Políticas de Desarrollo de Habilidades en el Perú: el rol de los actores nacionales e internacionalesJuly 2006
- Impacto de Programa de MicrocréditosMay 2006
- Consultoría para promover las potencialidades del circuito turístico nororiental del Perú – CTN PerúApril 2006
- Gender opportunities and constraints to integrating information and communication technologies in micro and small enterprisesJanuary 2006
- Plan Nacional de Fomento de Trabajo Decente y la Competitividad EmpresarialSeptember 2005
- Task Force of Technological Innovation for the National Strategy for CompetitivenessAugust 2005
- Evaluación de Impacto del Programa de Capacitación Laboral Juvenil ProJovenFebruary 2005
- Servicios de desarrollo empresarial por Bancos Comunales (Finca – II)February 2005
News
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Minimum wage: an ineffective instrument to redistribute income, by Miguel Jaramillo
March 4, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
“As an instrument to redistribute income to the least favored, the Minimum Vital Remuneration is not a potentially effective policy.” In this article from the Peruvian Institute of Economics (IPE), our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo shares evidence on the operation and effects of minimum wage policies in Peru.
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Opinion Article, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Being a Woman in Peru: Presentation and abstract, by Hugo Ñopo
March 4, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
“Inequality in access to resources generated by work is enormous: the salary mass generated by men doubles the salary mass generated by women, and this has changed very little in the last two decades.” Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, summarizes the chapters of his new book “Ser Mujer en el Perú” (written together with Josefina Miró Quesada) […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
University graduates and employment: Interview with Miguel Jaramillo in RPP’s Así somos
February 16, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
“The time for emergency employment has passed. A year ago, one could think of using temporary employment through public investment to generate more jobs. But what is needed now is that the engines of regular employment growth are put in place. Policies are needed to promote employment in the private sector. Unfortunately, none aim to […]
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Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Public policies, economic recovery and structural weaknesses, by Miguel Jaramillo
January 10, 2022 Employment, productivity and innovation
“A first conclusion of this analysis is that, although public investment can be key to reviving economic growth, it does not go very far when it comes to addressing the structural challenges that arise in the country. In contrast, public spending on health and other social sectors can do it. ” Read the new op-ed […]
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Miguel Jaramillo shared his thoughts in Forbes Peru about the increase in the minimum wage announced by Pedro Castillo
November 11, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
“The recovery of employment has basically been due to the informalization of labor relations. Formal employment is stagnant. Raising the minimum wage is not understanding what the problem in the economy is”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion at Forbes Peru about the economic effects of President Castillo’s announcement.
Events
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Lorena Alcázar and Miguel Jaramillo joined the First Meeting Think Tanks and COVID-19 in Latin America
21/04/2020 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm Evento online Employment, productivity and innovation, Poverty and equality
Researchers and other thinktankers joined yesterday the First Meeting Think Tanks & COVID-19 in Latin America. The event was held by Southern Voice and On Think Tanks. Our senior researchers Lorena Alcázar and Miguel Jaramillo were discussants in the parallel sessions on social and economic issues. The purpose of the meeting was to exchange diagnoses and policy recommendations that may […]
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Martín Valdivia is a speaker at the 1st Annual Conference of the Private Sector Development Research Network
13/12/2019 4:00 am - 6:00 am Auditorium Ivan Pictet, Maison de la paix, Geneva Employment, productivity and innovation, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
Our Senior Researcher, Martín Valdivia, is a speaker at the 1st Annual Conference of the Private Sector Development Research Network, on December 12th and 13th in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of the conference is inclusion. Organizers want to understand who benefits from investments in private enterprises and what can be done better, the characteristics of inclusive firms, […]
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2030 Agenda: Promoting Global South research within international debates
26/11/2019 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm Live stream Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation
On Tuesday, November 26, the Group for the Analysis of Development (GRADE) and Southern Voice will discuss the challenges and opportunities to strengthen the participation of public policy experts and researchers from the Global South in international development debates. Southern Voice is a network of more than 50 think tanks from countries in Africa, Latin […]
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GRADE’s researchers at the 30th Annual CIES Research Seminar
04/11/2019 → 07/11/2019 8:00 am - 6:00 pm Hotel José Antonio Deluxe (Calle Bellavista 133, Miraflores) Rural development and agriculture, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes
Several of our researchers will be presenters and panelists at the 30th Annual Research Seminar of the Consortium of Economic and Social Research (CIES), on November 4-7 . The annual event will address the general topic “Towards the sustainability of development in Peru”. In addition, in this issue, GRADE is coorganizing the research session on youth employment and gender. AGENDA You may […]
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Geneva: Martín Valdivia will be a presenter at the EGAP Policy Workshop
12/10/2019 Geneva, Switzerland Employment, productivity and innovation
Our Senior Researcher, Martín Valdivia, will be a presenter at the EGAP (Evidence in Governance and Politics) policy workshop in Geneva, Switzerland. During the workshop, findings of recent experimental research on drivers of migration, conflict, and peace with a focus on actionable insights and policy recommendations will be discussed. Because successful uptake of evidence benefits […]
- 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