Opinion Article
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Recovery of production and informalization of employment, by Miguel Jaramillo
“The heterogeneous responses to the ‘shock’ that the labor market has received have revealed a clear and growing trend towards informalization at the same time as a relative decline in wage relationships”. Miguel Jaramillo, Senior Researcher at GRADE, writes about the heterogeneous recovery of the labor market after the impact of the pandemic on the Peruvian […]
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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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Military Service for NEETs: Policy Based on Prejudice or Evidence ?, by María Fernanda Rodríguez and Cristina Glave
“The reasons that lead the vast majority of these young people to this situation are linked to structural problems such as job insecurity, poverty and gender inequalities.” Our Adjunct Researcher Maria Fernanda Rodríguez and Cristina Glave, associated at APOYO Consultoría, write in OjoPúblico about the fact that President Pedro Castillo announced in his inaugural speech that NEETs […]
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Why have we had such poor health results in the face of COVID-19 ?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian López
“The most lethal error of the first months of the pandemic was one made up of economics and epidemiology: the poor determination of the social value of the massification of diagnostic tests and contact tracing.” Miguel Jaramillo, senior researcher at GRADE, and Kristian López, director of LEEPS Laboratory, characterize the poor performance of the COVID ー […]
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What to change and what to keep ?, by Hugo Ñopo
Our senior researcher, Hugo Ñopo, gathered the opinion of 23 Peruvian economists on what should and should not change in the country’s economy in the next five years. Topics such as social protection, taxation, labor formality, macroeconomic management, free trade, private investment, social programs, educational policies, among others, were addressed. Read his new article in […]
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The poor is not foolish, stop foolishness, by Hugo Ñopo
“Poverty and vulnerability hit the immediate quality of life very hard, but as or more important is the limitation that this imposes on decision-making for the future. It is easy to judge the poor from the outside, attributing responsibility for their condition, but the reality is different”. Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, writes on low social […]
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Were we condemned to the pandemic debacle?, by Miguel Jaramillo and Kristian Lopez Vargas
Was Peru condemned to have so many deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic? How do we compare to other countries? How much of this debacle is explained by the strategy followed, and how much by our social indicators and the dire situation of our health system? Read the new op-ed for El Comercio by Miguel Jaramillo, GRADE’s […]
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Unpaid Family Work: Informal and no income, by Hugo Ñopo
“These people are probably in one of the most beautiful forms of cooperation and solidarity, but also in one of the most precarious working conditions. Is there anything more precarious than a zero-income labor informality?” Our Senior Researcher Hugo Ñopo writes in Foco Economico about who and where are unpaid family workers in Peru. Gathering the annual […]
