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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El impacto de la licencia municipal en el desempeño de las microempresas en el Cercado de Lima
2012 Lorena Alcazar, Miguel Jaramillo
Este estudio busca identificar el impacto de la licencia de funcionamiento municipal en el desempeño de las microempresas de Lima Cercado mediante un diseño de investigación experimental.
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Ajustes del mercado laboral ante cambios en el salario mínimo: la experiencia de la década de 2000
2012 Miguel Jaramillo
Este estudio -que evalúa los efectos del salario mínimo sobre dos importantes variables del mercado laboral: ingresos y empleo en la década del 2000- muestra un piso salarial peruano que ha variado en la misma dirección que la tasa de incumplimiento.
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Evolution of Teachers’ Salaries in Latin America at the Turn of the 20th Century: How Much Are They (Under or Over) Paid?
2012 Alejandra Mizala, Hugo Ñopo
How much are teachers paid in comparison to those in other professions in Latin America? How have these differences evolved at the turn of the 20th century? This paper reports the evolution, between circa 1997 and circa 2007, of teachers´ salaries vis-à-vis workers in other professional and technical occupations for thirteen Latin-American countries. After controlling […]
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Learning from CCT evaluations
2012 Miguel Jaramillo
This brief reviews evaluation objectives, key steps to consider in designing and implementing a rigorous CCT evaluation, and describes how evaluations have been used in the region.
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Implementing CCTs: Lessons from Latin America
2012 Miguel Jaramillo
This brief presents four main steps in implementing a successful CCT programme, and in each, draws on the Latin American experience to highlight key issues policymakers should consider when creating an implementation strategy in other contexts.
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Projects
News
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Minimun wage: Experts pointed out that there are other alternatives for workers
February 21, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
Speaking about the discussion on the increase in the minimum wage, Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, said in RPP Noticias: “In a country like Peru, when minimum remuneration rises, employment moves towards informality.” Hugo added that training and labor intermediation are effective methods to improve the purchasing power of those who have less without […]
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Should the minimum wage be raised?
February 16, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
Hugo Ñopo, senior researcher at GRADE, discussed in Altavoz President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski’s pronunciation on the minimum vital remuneration. According to Hugo, the minimum wage is a type of price control that distorts economies. In addition, given that 49% of workers receive wages below the minimum, “What will be the compliance of the regulation on minimum wages?”. […]
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GRADE among the most influential social policy think tanks worldwide, according to University of Pennsylvania
January 30, 2018 Rural development and agriculture, Education and learning, Employment, productivity and innovation, Ethnicity, gender and citizenship, Methodologies for research and evaluation of policy and programmes, Poverty and equality, Natural resources, extractive industries and social conflict, State reform and public institutions, Health and nutrition
For the eighth consecutive year, GRADE has been distinguished among the Top Social Policy Think Tanks in the world —29th place—, according to 2017 Global Go To Think Tank Index Report. This study, conducted by the Think Tanks and Civil Society Program at the University of Pennsylvania, classified 7815 organizations around the world in global and regional lists and by […]
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Minister of Labor discusses Miguel Jaramillo’s findings on the effects of the 2001 labor contract reform on workers
January 29, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
In an interview by Jaime de Althaus for El Comercio, the Minister of Labor, Javier Barreda, discusses the findings of a study undertook by our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, which finds a “correlation between a ruling of the Constitutional Court that allows the replacement in a job position (absolute stability) and the substantial increase in fixed-term contracts and […]
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Miguel Jaramillo explains the effects of Venezuelan migration over employment and incomes in Peru
January 25, 2018 Employment, productivity and innovation
What is the effect of the arrival of Venezuelan migrants in our country’s employment and income? Our senior researcher, Miguel Jaramillo, said in Radio Programas del Perú that the impact is minimal and in very specific sectors: “In some cases it could provide additional labor in some sectors where it is needed and in other cases […]
Events
- 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
