Employment, Productivity and Innovation
The main objective of various projects carried out at GRADE in this area has been to assess the economic impacts of labor legislation and its effects on the hiring of temporary workers, on employment rotation and mobility, or non-salary labor costs and on the demand for formal employment. Additional issues include the insertion of youth in the labor market, self-employment rates, the role of micro and small-scale enterprises in employment generation, and policies for driving innovation in the country.
Senior Researchers
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Juan José Díaz Noziglia
PhD en Economics - University of Maryland
Juan José Díaz has a PhD in Economics from the University of Maryland. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. His interests include the labor economy and evaluating social, educational, health and development programs.
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Miguel Jaramillo Baanante
PhD en History - University of California
Miguel Jaramillo has a degree in Economics from the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru. He completed his graduate studies in Economics and History at the University of California, where he received a PhD in History. His areas of interests are labor economics, social policy and institutional analysis. He is currently a Senior Researcher at GRADE. […]
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Máximo Torero Cullen (de licencia)
PhD en Economics - University of California, Los Angeles
Maximo received a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles, Department of Economics and held a postdoctoral fellow position at the UCLA Institute for Social Science Research (ISSR). Currently, he is the Chief Economist of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). Prior to joining FAO, he was the World Bank Group Executive Director for […]
External Affiliated Researchers
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Sonia Laszlo
PhD en - University of Toronto
Sonia Laszlo is Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Institute for the Study of International Development. Her main research areas cover many aspects of applied microeconomic analysis in economic development: rural development, access to markets, and the relationship between income, health and education in economic development. In addition to using traditional analytic tools […]
Visiting Researchers
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Alessandro Goglio
PhD en - Graduate Institute of International Studies
Alessandro is a senior international economist with extensive experience advising governments on long-term reforms, policies, and programs, particularly in the areas of social and labor market reforms. He currently teaches Public Economics at LIUC Università Cattaneo (Castellanza, Italy), School of Economics, following thirty years at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris. […]
Publications
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Pathways to formalization: going beyond the formality dichotomy
2018 Juan Jose Diaz, Juan Chacaltana, Jamele Rigolini, Claudia Ruíz
Too often, academics and policy makers interpret formality as a binary choice and formalization as an irreversible process. Yet, formalization has many facets and shades on the business and labor fronts, and firms may not be able or willing to formalize all at once. This paper explores the joint process of business and labor formalization, […]
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No longer children: What do Young Lives children do when they grow up?
2018 Marta Favara, Grace Chang, Alan Sanchez
No longer children: What do Young Lives children do when they grow up? is a Young Lives research report, synthesising research from the past two survey rounds (in 2013 and 2016) to reflect on how the experience of poverty early in life affects future opportunities, documenting children and young people’s trajectories from school into post-secondary […]
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Ser joven en el Perú: educación y trabajo
2018 Ana Paula Franco, Hugo Ñopo
Despite the sustained growth experienced by Peru during the last decade, there are still development indicators that require significant improvements. Among the most urgent, those of the labor market. Where about 80% of the household income is generated, 7 in 10 Peruvians work in informal jobs without any social protection. This situation is even more […]
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Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
2018 Marjorie Chinen, Thomas de Hoop, Lorena Alcazar, Maria Balarin, Josh Sennett, Julian Mezarina
This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of vocational and business training targeted at women in low- and middle-income countries. The review summarises evidence from thirty-five quantitative studies with an experimental or quasi-experimental design. The review summarises the impact of 30 interventions, containing data from over 80,000 women. The qualitative narrative meta-synthesis includes findings from […]
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Vocational and business training to improve women’s labour market outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review
2017 Marjorie Chinen, Thomas de Hoop, Lorena Alcazar, Maria Balarin, Josh Sennett
This Campbell systematic review examines the impact of vocational and business training targeted at women in low- and middle-income countries. The review summarises evidence from thirty-five quantitative studies with an experimental or quasi-experimental design. The review summarises the impact of 30 interventions, containing data from over 80,000 women. The qualitative narrative meta-synthesis includes findings from […]
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¿Cómo se ajusta el mercado de trabajo ante cambios en el salario mínimo en el Perú?: una evaluación de la experiencia de la última década
2006Miguel Jaramillo,
Este estudio describe el marco institucional del salario mínimo en el mercado laboral peruano y analiza su relación con la distribución de los ingresos laborales para diferentes grupos del mercado laboral.
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An evaluation of the peruvian “Youth Labor Training Program” – Projoven
2006Miguel Jaramillo, Juan Jose Diaz,
The goals of the "Youth Labor Training Program" (PROJoven) are to improve employment opportunities of youth in poverty and to promote higher quality of services in the vocational training system.
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La brecha salarial entre los sexos en Chile en 1992-2003 desde una perspectiva de comparaciones emparejadas
2006,
En el documento de trabajo se analiza la evolución de la brecha salarial entre los sexos en Chile durante el período de 1992 a 2003, empleándose el enfoque de descomposición desarrollado en Ñopo (2004). Este enfoque, en el que se descompone la brecha salarial en cuatro elementos aditivos, se hace hincapié en la necesidad de […]
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Social capital and education outcomes in urban and rural Peru
2005Santiago Cueto, Gabriela Guerrero, Juan Leon, , ,
The results of the study confirmed poor educational outcomes for many Peruvian school children. High proportions were unable to master simple tasks and were in a lower school grade
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The role of public infraestructure in market development in rural Peru
2005Javier Escobal,
This Study provides a conceptual framework to study the impact of rural infrastructure investment in market development and in the enhancement of income generating opportunities for the poor in rural Peru.
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Projects
News
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Social and labor protection policies, how are we doing? Hugo Ñopo’s opinion on TV Peru
September 7, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
“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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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Miguel Jaramillo: “Under these conditions I do not see firms in Peru eager to invest and generate formal employment”
September 6, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
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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Economist David Tuesta highlights studies by Hugo Ñopo and Miguel Jaramillo in his op-ed on pension reform
August 29, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
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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Comment, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo shared his thoughts on the challenges facing the country despite the economy has overcome the recession
August 24, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
‘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 […]
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Interview, Media GRADE, GRADE frente al COVID-19
Hugo Ñopo analyzes the new Yanapay bonus in RPP Noticias
August 21, 2021 Employment, productivity and innovation
“(The bonus) it is a stimulus to demand, but it is necessary to complement a stimulus to production. The Government has spoken of the creation of a million jobs, but the number is not so relevant, but rather to ask what productivity those jobs are going to have. Who in the economy is the one […]
Events
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Ricardo Fort joined The Safe & Inclusive Cities Exchange 2017, funded by IDRC and DFID, in Nairobi
29/05/2017 5:00 am Radisson Blu Hotel - Nairobi, Kenya Employment, productivity and innovation, Urbanization and sustainable cities
Our senior researcher, Ricardo Fort, discussed the first findings of his study “Community based organization and spontaneous urban planning: keys for a rational urbanization process in the absence of the state” at The Safe & Inclusive Cities Exchange 2017 SAICx17, en Nairobi. The meeting is the main event of The Safe and Inclusive Cities (SAIC) initiative, funded by […]
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Hugo Ñopo will be speaker at Oxford University “A Better Future for Women at Work: Legal and Policy Strategies” International Conference
18/05/2017 3:10 pm - 4:10 pm Harold Lee Room, Pembroke College Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship
Despite numerous legal and policy interventions women continue to face significant disadvantage in both formal and informal work. The law, as currently conceived, has been unable to fully achieve women’s equality in the labour force. However, while it is important to question whether we can rely exclusively on the law to fully address the continuing and […]
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Martin Valdivia will share “The Role of Social Skills and Networks in the Fight against Poverty”, at University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas event
04/04/2017 1:00 pm Albert Pick Hall 1541 Brescia Ave. Suite 110 Coral Gables Employment, productivity and innovation
Our senior researcher, Martín Valdivia, will share “The Role of Social Skills and Networks in the Fight against Poverty”, at the University of Miami Institute for Advanced Study of the Americas, on Tueday, April 4. The presentation is part of the Institute’s Research Lunch Series. Development economics devoted decades to addressing key market failures and made some […]
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Innovation for promoting financial inclusion: new evidence and research and policy agenda
30/11/2016 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Auditorio de GRADE (Av. Almirante Grau 915, Barranco) Employment, productivity and innovation
To share the findings of new studies on financial inclusion and education in Peru and to analyze its implications in the design of policies linked to a Financial Inclusion National Strategy. This is the main objective of the “Innovation for promoting financial inclusion: new evidence and research and policy agenda” Workshop on Wednesday, November 30 […]
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GRADE’s researchers are speakers and panelists at CIES XXVII Research Annual Seminar 2016
23/11/2016 → 24/11/2016 Hotel Meliá (Av. Salaverry 2599, San Isidro) Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict
Several of our researchers are speakers and panelists at the CIES XXVII Research Annual Seminar 2016, hold by Economic and Social Research Consortium (CIES), from 22 to 24, November. The meeting brings together researchers from the economic, social and environment sciences, government officials, entrepreneurs, international cooperation and civic society agents around fourteen academic events: thematic research tables and […]
- Education and Learning
- Employment, Productivity and Innovation
- Rural Development and Agriculture
- Ethnicity, Gender and Citizenship
- Methodologies for Research and Evaluation of Policy and Programmes
- Poverty and Equity
- Natural Resources, Extractive Industries and Social Conflict
- State Reform and Public Institutions
- Health and Nutrition
- Urbanization and Sustainable Cities
