News
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Gender equity at work: what works and what doesn’t, by Hugo Ñopo, Sofía Hidalgo and Jerson Veliz
What works and what doesn’t to advance gender equality at work? The new article by Hugo Ñopo, Sofía Hidalgo and Jerson Veliz for the blog Foco Economico recounts various initiatives, the effectiveness of which has been documented in the literature.
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Two issues that prevent more vaccinations, by Hugo Ñopo
In his new op-ed in Jugo de Caigua, our Senior Researcher Hugo Ñopo shares his thoughts on the relevance of understanding two structural problems of vaccine demand —reading comprehension and time availability— to help design better active strategies.
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Yanapay is a palliative, by Miguel Jaramillo
“You have to understand that programs like the Yanapay voucher are a palliative to a situation of scarce adequate employment opportunities, in no case are they a solution”. Read our Senior Researcher Miguel Jaramillo‘s op-ed on the new government subsidy that began to be paid yesterday. Via La República.
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Hugo Ñopo on the effects of the pandemic: “Reengagement wages are now lower”
“During the pandemic, Peru was the country that lost the most jobs in Latin America. It is true that this job has been recovering, but not with the same quality. This is fundamentally reflected with wages: wages for reengagement in the labor market of Peruvians are being lower than we had before the pandemic”. Listen […]
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Social and labor protection policies, how are we doing? Hugo Ñopo’s opinion on TV Peru
“We have to think about a labor market that is much less dysfunctional than the one we have today. A market in which up to 75% of jobs are informal and that do not contribute to social security. We have to think about two points: the productivity of these jobs and the social protection network linked […]
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Miguel Jaramillo: “Under these conditions I do not see firms in Peru eager to invest and generate formal employment”
For Miguel Jaramillo, it is “totally insufficient” to seek the reactivation of employment only through temporary jobs. On the other hand, it considers that the range of access to vaccination for the youngest should be expanded. “It seems to me that a massive temporary employment program with small infrastructure works is now necessary, perhaps managed […]
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Mauricio Espinoza’s opinion on the family farming crisis is highlighted by Ojo Público
Of the 250,000 internal migrants from the pandemic, “there is a good group that has returned to agriculture. More or less one in three, between 30 and 40%.” Our Adjunct Researcher Mauricio Espinoza shared in Ojo Público the findings of a recent GRADE study, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, which shows the possibilities of […]
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Carmen Ponce wins the 2021 CALACS Prize for Emerging Scholars
Our Associated Researcher, Carmen Ponce, have won the 2021 CALACS Prize for Emerging Scholars for her article “Intra-seasonal climate variability and crop diversification strategies in the Peruvian Andes: A word of caution on the sustainability of adaptation to climate change”, published last year in World Development. The award was conferred on the sidelines of the Canadian Association for Latin American […]
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Economist David Tuesta highlights studies by Hugo Ñopo and Miguel Jaramillo in his op-ed on pension reform
In his El Comercio op-ed, “The key piece to reform pensions”, David Tuesta addresses the pension reform in Peru. According to the economist, one of the key points of this reform is the effect of cost overruns in the labor market. “The presence of monetary and non-monetary contracting costs -such as the “adequate protection” established by […]
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Hugo Ñopo shared his thoughts on the challenges facing the country despite the economy has overcome the recession
‘It is magnificent that the GDP is rebounding. But how do people benefit from that recovery when the employment and salary figures are not flattering? In these two indicators we are not close to pre-pandemic levels.’ Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, shared his opinion on the challenges due to the political turbulence and the consequences of the pandemic facing […]
