Opinion Article
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Goodbye demographic bonus: the sudden aging of the Peruvian labor market, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The size of the drop in labor supply is similar to that of the drop in youth employment. Thus, the propensity to hire young people has not changed, but the supply of young people in the labor market has fallen. The causes of this lie in the conjuncture, not in some structural factor.” Our senior […]
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Regional Heterogeneities in Labor Markets: A World to Explore, by Miguel Jaramillo
“It is not necessarily the largest cities where the highest activity rates are observed. In fact, Metropolitan Lima, by far the largest city in the country, is toward the middle of the distribution, with two-thirds of its working-age population active in the labor market.” Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo writes about the importance of having […]
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The labor market in 2023, on a downward path, by Miguel Jaramillo
“At the end of the third quarter, according to the Permanent National Employment Survey, the labor force was stagnant, while inactivity had increased considerably, particularly in rural areas, where it increased by 20%.” Our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo analyzes the labor market in 2023 and shares his expectations for this new year. Read his full […]
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Decapitalization of Peruvian small-scale farming, by Eduardo Zegarra
“The overall picture is that of a small-scale farming with declining trends in critical assets (value of livestock stock), but especially in access to fundamental services, with declining access to titling, training, credit and technical assistance, which do not reach more than 10% of farmers nationwide.” In his new article for Noticias SER, our Senior […]
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Urban extractivism in Peru, by Manuel Glave
“Extractivism as a way of operating, as a way of extracting income, as a way of investing without taking into consideration the impacts generated by a large-scale investment, also reaches the big cities”. Taking the case of the Santa Rosa expressway in Callao, our senior researcher Manuel Glave reflects on urban extractivism in the country. […]
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“Urgent: better opportunities for young people,” by Miguel Jaramillo
“Entering the labor market through precarious jobs often leads to equally precarious life and work trajectories.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes about the urgency of promoting better opportunities for young people and the challenges for policy design. Read his full article in El Comercio.
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Santiago Cueto and other experts write on the challenges for leveraging the potential of digital technologies in education in Latin America
According to Santiago Cueto, teachers cannot shoulder the responsibility alone for ensuring that education systems keep up with the dizzying evolution of technology. Improving their skills takes time and requires training, guidance and resources. Together with Dante Castillo and Florencia Ripani, our senior researcher reflects on the issues that prevent the region from harnessing the […]
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Does politics affect the uptake of social policies? Post by Martín Valdivia and others in The Journal of Politics’ blog
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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#8M La Mirada: Women workers, in the crisis and after, by Miguel Jaramillo
“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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Access to reading in digital times, by Walter Alvarado from Crece Lee/Worldreader
The pandemic and the recent social crisis have highlighted the educational gaps in the country. Technology is presented as an opportunity to enhance access to knowledge. Walter Alvarado, regional director Peru/LATAM at Worldreader, writes about how digital technologies, with pedagogical and parental accompaniment, “can become an adequate solution to boost those aspects in which the […]
