Opinion Article
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First priority: building a competent state, by Miguel Jaramillo
“On the one hand, we do not have political parties, but rather groups with purely electoral purposes […] On the other hand, we have a state with very limited capacity to design and implement policies.” Ahead of the 2026 elections, Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the importance of the state’s institutional capacity […]
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Young people seek politicians, by Miguel Jaramillo
“Clearly, young people face the worst situation in the labor market.” Our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo writes in El Comercio about the employment problems that particularly affect young people.
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Strengthening Justice in Education in Adverse Times, by María Balarin and Lizzi O. Milligan
“School experiences, despite the different curricular and pedagogical models in each country, seemed characterised by what we came to describe as shallow pedagogies, which, we argue, constitute a major form of epistemic injustice that seriously limits the contribution that education can make towards necessary societal transformations.” María Balarin and Lizzi O. Milligan present key findings from […]
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Those who are left over: young people in the employment recovery, by Miguel Jaramillo
“Between 2019 and 2024 we see a seven percentage point drop in their labor market participation rate and, as a consequence, there has been an even greater drop in the proportion of young people generating an income”. In his latest op-ed in El Comercio, Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the employment situation […]
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Do informal entrepreneurs want to formalize? Wishful thinking versus reality, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The problem is not registering, the problem is living every day in formality. As long as the burdens associated with being formal are not rationalized, formalization will be nothing more than a nice wish that succumbs to reality.” Based on rigorous evidence, our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo explains why formalization is not desirable for microentrepreneurs. Read […]
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“Adolescence”: The violence we normalize, by Vanessa Rojas
“Their identities would be taking shape in these physical and virtual environments marked by this structural violence that, unfortunately, reproduce discourses that promote not only hierarchical power relations between men and women, but also misogyny.” Our senior researcher Vanessa Rojas reflects on the themes explored in the Adolescence series. Read her full article in Ojo […]
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Niños del Milenio (Young Lives): a generation marked by inequality, by Antonio Campos
“Young women are persistently less likely to be employed than young men, with a gender gap in employment that was 10 percentage points at age 15, and has increased to 22 percentage points at age 22.” Antonio Campos, Adjunct Researcher at GRADE, analyzes the factors that hinder access to stable jobs and adequate working conditions […]
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Invisible traps: gender gaps that mark the future of young Peruvian women, by Vanessa Rojas
“Evidence shows that gender gaps persist and that we have not made much progress in preventing traditional gender roles and imposed expectations from continuing to limit women and restrict their opportunities.” In the framework of International Women’s Day, Vanessa Rojas, Senior Researcher at GRADE, reflects on how gender inequalities mean that being young and female […]
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The great master who left, by Manuel Glave
‘In memory of an American economist who took Peru in his mind and heart’. Our senior researcher Manuel Glave shares a heartfelt article in tribute to Shane Hunt, who passed away last weekend. Professor Hunt’s work covered the analysis of the Peruvian economy from a broad historical framework. A review of his book, The Formation […]
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The Peruvian labor market in 2024: no place for young people, by Miguel Jaramillo
“It seems incredible how little attention the issue of young people receives, when its possible consequences can already be glimpsed: those who can leave the country: those who cannot, turn to the ‘easy’ money of crime”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the decay of formal youth employment in Peru. Read the full article in […]
