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Was falling inequality in all Latin American countries a data-driven illusion? : income distribution and mobility patterns in Uruguay 2009-2016
Burdín, Gabriel; De Rosa, Mauricio; Vigorito, Andrea; … - 2020
distribution in Uruguay for 2009-2016 and assess mobility patterns. Comparing household surveys micro-data and a unique array of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012194106
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The legacies of slavery in and out of Africa
Bertocchi, Graziella - 2015
The slave trades out of Africa represent one of the most significant forced migration experiences in history. In this paper I illustrate their long-term consequences. I first consider the influence of the slave trade on the "sending" countries in Africa, with attention to their economic,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011283184
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Crime and establishment size : evidence from South America
Oguzoglu, Umut; Ranasinghe, Ashantha - 2015
Establishment exposure to crime is a frequent occurrence and a major obstacle to business operation in developing economies. We present a simple theory for the frequency and severity of crime across establishment size that is validated against the data in South America. We find that high...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307898
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Entrepreneurship among low-, mid- and high-income workers in South America : a fuzzy-set analysis
Velilla, Jorge; Molina, José Alberto; Ortega, Raquel - 2020
This paper studies the reasons underlying the entrepreneurial decisions of low-, middle-, and high-income workers in South America. Using data from the GEM APS for the period 2005-2017, we apply fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis, allowing us to find causal links in the form of necessary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210675
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Tax bunching at the kink in the presence of low capacity of enforcement : evidence from Uruguay
Bergolo, Marcelo; Burdín, Gabriel; De Rosa, Mauricio; … - 2019
By using a bunching design on rich administrative tax records from Uruguay's tax agency we explore how individual …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001357
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Tax audits as scarecrows : evidence from a large-scale field experiment
Bergolo, Marcelo; Ceni, Rodrigo; Cruces, Guillermo; … - 2019
large-scale field experiment in collaboration with Uruguay's tax authority to address this question. We sent letters to 20 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006070
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Measuring the quality of the home environment of young children in Uruguay : socioeconomic gradients in the home inventory
López Bóo, Florencia; Cubides, Mayaris; Sorio, Rita; … - 2019
Uruguay is one of very few countries in Latin America that has a nationally representative, longitudinal survey of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011974623
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Wage rigidity and disinflation in emerging countries
Messina, Julián; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna - 2011
, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employer-employee administrative data. Downward nominal wage rigidities … are more important in Uruguay, while wage indexation is dominant in Brazil. Two regime changes are observed during the … sample period, 1995-2004: (i) in Uruguay wage indexation declines, while workers' resistance to nominal wage cuts becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309697
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Equality under threat by the talented : evidence from worker-managed firms
Burdín, Gabriel - 2013
Are high-ability individuals more likely to quit egalitarian regimes? Does the threat of exit by talented individuals restrict the redistributive capacity of democratic organizations? This paper revisits that long-standing debate by analyzing the interplay between compensation structure and quit...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010229493
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The effect of access to information and communication technology on household labor income : evidence from one laptop per child in Uruguay
Marandino, Joaquin; Wunnava, Phanindra V. - 2014
This paper examines the effect of the One Laptop Per Child program in Uruguay [Plan Ceibal] on household labor income … Statistics in Uruguay, a difference-in-difference model is estimated to capture the effect of the plan of giving laptops on labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010398724