Jorge Davalos

Jorge Dávalos is Director of Research at the Partnership for Economic (PEP) Policy and Associate Professor at Universidad del Pacifico in Lima, Peru. His research focuses on applied labour econometrics, impact evaluation and trade and labor market outcomes in developing countries. He was an econometrician at ILO's Regional Office for Latin America & the Caribbean. He collaborated in consultancy projects with the World Bank and other financial institutions. In collaboration with United Nations-ILO, he developed employment projection models with the purpose of forecasting skills mismatches at the sectorial level based on econometric and Input-Output methodologies for Peru, Costa Rica, Algeria and Ecuador. Jorge holds a Ph.D. in econometrics from the University of Geneva.

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Fields of specialization

Labour markets and employment, Globalization and trade

Projects

Title	Country	Themes
CBAM effects on Economic Growth and Stability in Global South Countries	Nigeria	Climate change
Bolivian Women in Sustainable Aquaculture Impact Evaluation	Bolivia	Gender & women’s empowerment
Female economic empowerment in developing countries. A systematic review.	Uruguay	Gender & women’s empowerment
Assessing the Role of Education and Training in Promoting Gender Equality in Lower-middle-income and Low-income Countries: A Systematic Literature Review	Guinea-Bissau	Education and training
Interventions to promote health and reproductive rights in SSA and other developing countries- a systematic review identifying lessons learnt	Ghana	Health and nutrition
Review of Youth Employment Policies and their Impact in Rwanda	Rwanda	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Impact evaluation_ SENEGAL	Senegal	Social protection
Impact evaluation of CRECE Mujer in Colombia	Colombia	Gender & women’s empowerment , Education and training , Entrepreneurship
Rural renewable energy MSMEs operating to modernize agriculture in and Africa: Barriers, opportunities, and implications for inclusive low-carbon transition in Burkina Faso	Burkina Faso	Gender & women’s empowerment , Entrepreneurship , Agriculture and food security , Climate change
The Impact of the War in Ukraine: Food Security and Compounding Development Challenges	Ukraine	Globalization and trade
Empirical review of Youth Employment Policies in South Africa	South Africa	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Empirical review of Youth Employment Policies in Burkina	Burkina Faso	Labour markets and employment
Empirical review of Youth Employment Policies in Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Gender & women’s empowerment , Youth and children
Estimating involuntary informal employment	Peru	Labour markets and employment
Adoption of Multiple Climate Smart Agriculture Practices: Study on Gender Welfare Gap and Policy Options for Women Empowerment in Tanzania	Tanzania, United Republic of	Gender & women’s empowerment , Agriculture and food security , Climate change
Credit constraints, agricultural productivity and household welfare in Burkina Faso: a gender perspective	Burkina Faso	Gender & women’s empowerment , Agriculture and food security
Access to child care and mothers’ employment quality: lessons from Chile	Chile	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Understanding youth entrepreneurship in Benin: the role of microcredit uptake and entrepreneur capacity building	Benin	Youth and children , Entrepreneurship , Financial inclusion
Civil conflict and labour market outcomes in Sierra Leone	Sierra Leone	Labour markets and employment
Can Urbanization Improve Household Welfare and Provide Inclusive Opportunities? The Case of Urban Expansion in Ethiopia	Ethiopia	Poverty and Inequality
Migration, Remittances and Child Schooling in Rural Cambodia	Cambodia	Education and training , Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Gender and Age Diversity to Forster Innovation and Productivity Growth	Brazil	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment
EMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY, EARNINGS AND SUBJECTIVE WELL-BEING IN KYRGYZSTAN	Kyrgyzstan	Poverty and Inequality , Labour markets and employment
Do out-migration and remittances induce shifts to non-farm entrepreneurship among the left-behind? Evidence from Nepal	Nepal	Labour markets and employment , Globalization and trade , Entrepreneurship
Gender pay gap in times of austerity	Serbia	Gender & women’s empowerment , Poverty and Inequality , Labour markets and employment
Analysis of youth underemployment in Macedonia, Montenegro and Serbia	Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	Gender & women’s empowerment , Labour markets and employment
Evidence on the Impacts of Minimum Wage on Labor Market Outcomes: The Case of Bolivia	Bolivia	Labour markets and employment
Non-Wage Benefits, Union ‘Facilitation Effect’ and Labour Market Outcomes in Ghana	Ghana	Labour markets and employment
Minimum wage policies: wage, employment, and distributional impacts in Ecuador	Ecuador	Labour markets and employment
Mismatch Unemployment: the case of Macedonia -with special reference to young adults	Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	Labour markets and employment , Youth and children
Remittances Impact on Youth Labour Supply: Evidence from Kyrgyzstan	Kyrgyzstan	Labour markets and employment , Globalization and trade , Youth and children
Voucher system for social protection of the socially vulnerable remittance receivers in Macedonia	Macedonia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of	Poverty and Inequality , Globalization and trade , Social protection

Details

Dr Jorge Davalos
Director of Research
Partnership for Economic Policy (PEP) Network

Contact information:

Peru
jorge-elias.davalos-chacon@pep-net.org