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Wednesday, 14 de May de 2025Unpacking the COVID-19 gender employment gap among young people in the global south
We provide new evidence on the employment gap between young men and women in three low- and middle-income countries during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic. We estimate a year-end increase of 17–18 percentage points in Peru and India (Andhra Pradesh and Telangana), and 9.5 percentage points in Vietnam. A mediation approach is used […]
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Tuesday, 6 de May de 2025
First Annual Meeting of the Network of Think Tanks of the Americas (CEPAS)
The First Annual Meeting of the Network of Think Tanks of the Americas (CEPAS) will bring together leading experts from Latin American think tanks to discuss two regional challenges. The meeting will feature a keynote address by CEPAS President Felipe Larraín, followed by a keynote presentation by economist Jeffrey Sachs. This will be followed by […]
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Tuesday, 8 de April de 2025
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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Saturday, 5 de April de 2025
The long-term effect of a job training programme for youths in Peru
This paper evaluates the long-term impact of Projoven, a job training programme for vulnerable youths in Peru, on formal labour market outcomes. Covering a 10-year period, this evaluation offers one of the longest evaluations of a training programme in developing countries. Exploiting an experimental design and administrative data, we find that Projoven improved formal employment […]
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Thursday, 23 de January de 2025
Miguel Jaramillo on the deterioration of youth employment
According to Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, “other factors for the reduction in youth employment is the discouragement regarding the future among young people, who may be choosing to emigrate or, in more extreme cases, fall into criminal activities”. Management article for subscribers here.
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Wednesday, 22 de January de 2025
A new approach to children’s work that prioritises resilience, well-being and agency: emerging findings from a ‘cash plus’ intervention in Bangladesh
Background: Criticism of mainstream approaches to child labour is widespread and well-established. The Child Labour Action Research in South and Southeast Asia (CLARISSA) Cash Plus pilot sought to address these critiques through an innovative programme that prioritised the development of household resilience and well-being, and through increasing household capacity to make alternative choices around children’s work. […]
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Monday, 13 de January de 2025
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 […]
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Monday, 6 de January de 2025
Miguel Jaramillo comments on the dynamics of employment generation and economic growth expected for 2025
“There will be a first half of the year in which we continue with the momentum of the previous year, and a second stage more marked by the political context, where people are more reluctant to consume and investors are more reluctant to invest.” Our senior researcher Miguel Jaramillo shares his opinion on the dynamics […]
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Tuesday, 17 de December de 2024
Miguel 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.
