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Tuesday, 17 de December de 2024Miguel Jaramillo discussed the results of the EDO 2025 Occupational Demand Survey
“Looking at the data for Metropolitan Lima, since the pre-pandemic until the end of last year, the labor supply of young people has fallen 14%. This is a figure that is only observed in periods of war, not in normal conditions. We have no international experience where the labor supply has fallen so sharply for such […]
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Wednesday, 4 de December de 2024
Miguel Jaramillo on “underpaid” workers in the country. Via Gestión
According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, although in the informal sector almost everyone is underemployed due to income, “both in the formal and informal sectors there may be underemployed”. Read the full article in Diario Gestión for subscribers here.
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Monday, 4 de November de 2024
Miguel Jaramillo shares his opinion on an eventual increase of the Peruvian minimum wage. Via La República de Colombia
“The minimum wage decision is not based on technical and economic grounds, it is a political decision”. Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo shares his thoughts on the new proposals for an eventual increase in the Peruvian minimum wage. Read the article on the website of La República de Colombia here.
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Tuesday, 29 de October de 2024
Alessandro Goglio
Alessandro is a senior international economist with extensive experience advising governments on long-term reforms, policies, and programs, particularly in the areas of social and labor market reforms. He currently teaches Public Economics at LIUC Università Cattaneo (Castellanza, Italy), School of Economics, following thirty years at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. […]
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Tuesday, 29 de October de 2024
Miguel Jaramillo shares his opinion on the increase in public employment. Via Gestión.
According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, the increase of employment in the public sector “would be correlated to the progress of public investment, but he warned that as a trend ‘it is fatal’ because of its implications on public finances”. Read the full article in Gestión for subscribers here.
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Thursday, 24 de October de 2024
Miguel Jaramillo shares his thoughts on the increase in formal employment. Via Gestión.
According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, the figures from the Central Reserve Bank “reinforce the idea that the public sector is gaining more weight in spending on salaries, which could have long-term consequences if the private sector does not retake the lead in job creation”. Read the full article in Gestión for subscribers […]
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Wednesday, 23 de October de 2024
Miguel Jaramillo shares his thoughts on proposals to reestablish compulsory military service
According to Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, bill No. 9166 would not contribute to the labor market nor is it positive for employment, because it would not fullfill its aim of providing training and development opportunities for young people who are neither studying nor working, since”evidence shows that the Army is very attractive to them”. Read the full article by El Comercio here. […]
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Tuesday, 22 de October de 2024
Maria Balarin and Miguel Jaramillo to be panelists at the launch of NORRAG Special Issue 08
María Balarin and Miguel Jaramillo will be panelists at the launch of the eighth edition of NORRAG Special Issue. This issue will address the current discontinuities between education, training and decent work and how these create and reinforce inequalities for already marginalized groups. Our senior researchers have authored an article that summarizes recent evidence on the trajectories of youth from disvantaged […]
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Wednesday, 2 de October de 2024
Diagnosis and roadmap for strengthening research capabilities and contribution to the productive sector of the Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo
The project aims to carry out a comprehensive diagnosis of the current situation of the Universidad Nacional Santiago Antúnez de Mayolo (UNASAM) in terms of its research capacity and production of knowledge and technologies. Based on this analysis, a strategic roadmap will be defined to strengthen the university’s links with the regional productive sector and […]
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Thursday, 19 de September de 2024
Labor Neighbors Resource Toolkit
Labor mobility not only contributes to the economic development of countries of origin and destination, but also offers workers the opportunity to improve their living conditions. In Latin America, where unemployment and underemployment are persistent challenges, labor migration is seen as a viable solution to reduce poverty and increase economic stability. Factors such as digital […]
