We assess redistribution in the Uruguayan main pension and unemployment insurance programs on a lifetime basis. Using administrative records from social security, we simulate lifetime declared labor income and flows of contributions and benefits of affiliates to the programs. Expected present...

This paper studies the roll of Family Allowances as indirect wages from a perspective of economic history. The analysis, made from the perspective of the Régulation Theory, focuses on uruguayan industrial workers and covers the period 1943-2005. From the analysis of Family Allowances as an...

This paper estimates the output gap and the potential output for the Uruguayan economy between years 1975 and 2011. These two variables are crucial in different areas of economic policy, and of particular relevance to monetary policy. A positive output gap is one of the main indicators of the...

This paper analyses the magnitude and speed of the exchange rate pass-through to prices comparing the results from a Semi-structural Model, VAR models, nonlinear regressions and the Kalman Filter. This paper also discusses the relation between a set of macroeconomic fundamentals and the exchange...

The outcomes of the cohort of first year pupils of primary school of Montevideo in 1999 reveal effectiveness, efficiency and equity problems of the system. The pupils do not complete primary cycle on schedule, the worst results are obtained by those who attend to schools of unfavorable...