The labor force in Trujillo has decreased and this is affecting young people between the ages of 14 and 24 more, where 10 out of 100 young people are unemployed, while 81% of these young people are in the informal sector. Francisco Huerta Benites dean of the College of Economists de La Libertad points out […]
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Employment: which are the regions with the highest and lowest average income in the country, according to INEI?
The average monthly income from work in the Peru stood at S/1,524, according to the Permanent Survey of Employment National (EPEN) of 2022 presented by the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI). In the case of men, they earned an average of S/1,726.6, while women earned S/1,246.9. The regions whose workers received incomes above […]
Unemployment rate: more than 375,000 people are looking for work in Metropolitan Lima
In the quarter March, April, May 2023, the employed population of Metropolitan Lima reached 5 million 161,700 people, which means an increase of barely 1% (48,700 workers) compared to the same period in 2022. While compared to the pre-pandemicthe employed population increased by 6% (294,200), according to the technical report Labor Market Situation of the […]
They neither study nor work: La Libertad, Piura and Arequipa lead the regional statistics of young ninis
Ninis is a popularized term to call young people who neither study nor work. In our country, the National Household Survey (Enaho)from INEI, reported that there is almost 1.5 million people between 15 and 29 years that fall into this categorization. As expected, Lima is the region with the highest number of ninis: 46.3%. La […]
Net hiring of workers would grow 38% in the third quarter
48% of Peruvian employers plan to hire new staff in the third quarter of this year. On the other hand, only 10% estimate to reduce their number of workers and 37% do not plan to make changes to their payroll during this period, according to the latest ManpowerGroup Peru Employment Outlook Survey. According to Daniel […]
Mall Aventura, a new shopping center in Iquitos: when will it open and what stores will there be?
Mall Aventura prepares the opening of its shopping center in the city of iquitos (loreto). They also plan to open a similar shopping complex this year in the most populated district of Peru: San Juan de Lurigancho (Lima). According to the company, the construction of these projects for the retail sector demanded a investment cumulative […]
Congress approves declaring June 7 a national holiday
The Plenary of the Congress of the Republic approved today, Thursday, April 27, to declare National holiday on June 7 in commemoration of the Battle of Arica and the Day of the Peruvian Flag. The ruling on Bill 3132 had the support of 91 congressmen in the first vote, and with 82 votes in favor, […]
ILO: Everyone has the right to a safe and healthy working environment
According to the latest estimates of the International Commission on Occupational Health (2022), 2.9 million people die annually due to work-related accidents or diseases. This was recalled by Ítalo Cardona, director of the ILO Office for the Andean countries, for this reason, and in view of this dramatic situation, in June 2022, the governments, employers […]
20% of jobs could be lost in Peru due to the advancement of artificial intelligence
20% of jobs could be lost in Peru if artificial intelligence (AI) is implemented to its full potential, concluded a recent report by the bank Goldman Sachs. We are in a context in which the use of AI is accelerating the automation of certain tasks and driving labor cost savings, so its macroeconomic effects are […]
How long would a Peruvian survive if they lose their main source of income?
The coronavirus pandemic severely hit the pocket of the family economy in Peru, where more than 70% of the labor force is informal, according to figures from the National Household Survey (Enaho). During this three-year period —interspersed quarantines and habitual political problems—, lThe purchasing power of citizens has been vulnerable to these emergency situations which, […]