GRADE frente al COVID-19
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Informalities, margins and dimensions, by Hugo Ñopo
“When we say that informality in the country reaches 72% of workers, we are adding all those who do not contribute to health or pensions, putting very different realities in the same bag. One part of this informality is combated with inspection, another Some (in fact, the vast majority) do not. Making the distinctions is […]
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Miguel Jaramillo in Bloomberg Línea: “The probability of a young person getting a formal job would be even more difficult”
“The probability of a young person getting a formal job, which is already ridiculously low, would be even more difficult. If the labor policy announcements are oriented towards the fact that it will cost more to fire, that temporary contracts are limited, how do you want firms hire more? If the government really wants to […]
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Eduardo Zegarra: Two urgent actions against the food crisis
“The first (action) is to promote fertilizer imports, especially urea. There is already a deficit of more than 180,000 tons of fertilizers that could not be imported. If there is no more fertilizer in the coming weeks, Peruvian agriculture, especially commercial, is going to face a very serious crisis. Secondly, an immediate measure is needed […]
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Hugo Ñopo in Forbes Peru: the main gender gaps in the Peruvian labor market
The entry of women into “flexible” or part-time jobs occurs because they still mostly attend to domestic duties or within their homes. “The National Time Use Survey reveals that in a typical week, women have two fewer days to work. This implies a huge inequality of opportunity.” Read the comments of Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE […]
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Being a Woman in Peru: Presentation and abstract, by Hugo Ñopo
“Inequality in access to resources generated by work is enormous: the salary mass generated by men doubles the salary mass generated by women, and this has changed very little in the last two decades.” Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, summarizes the chapters of his new book “Ser Mujer en el Perú” (written together with Josefina Miró Quesada) […]
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Mauricio Espinoza in TV Peru: “A quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone”
“Using different methods and sources of information, we arrived at a figure of a quarter of a million Peruvians who would have returned from the city to the countryside in 2020 alone. […] They are people who are in precarious situations and because of the restrictions of the pandemic were forced to return to their […]
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University graduates and employment: Interview with Miguel Jaramillo in RPP’s Así somos
“The time for emergency employment has passed. A year ago, one could think of using temporary employment through public investment to generate more jobs. But what is needed now is that the engines of regular employment growth are put in place. Policies are needed to promote employment in the private sector. Unfortunately, none aim to […]
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Public policies, economic recovery and structural weaknesses, by Miguel Jaramillo
“A first conclusion of this analysis is that, although public investment can be key to reviving economic growth, it does not go very far when it comes to addressing the structural challenges that arise in the country. In contrast, public spending on health and other social sectors can do it. ” Read the new op-ed […]
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Migrate to survive. Ojo Público’s reportage gathers GRADE findings
Between March and December 2020, approximately 248.311 Peruvians returned to their rural areas of origin from the cities. According to the study from our researchers Ricardo Fort, Mauricio Espinoza, and Alvaro Espinoza for the Inter-American Development Bank, this is the first mass return process in the history of Peru. Read OjoPúblico’s reportage. DOWNLOAD THE STUDY here.
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Hugo Ñopo in TV Peru: A balance of the first 100 days of government
What has been achieved and what is pending in the economy in the first 100 days of government? According to Hugo Ñopo, Senior Researche at GRADE, although in the macro and in health we are doing well, in education, “it should be enormously alarming that today our students are not returning to the classroom in a majority number”. […]
