Although the wage distribution is central to analysing inequality issues, the provision of public services destined for t he poor can make an essential difference in evaluating inequality in welfare rather than in income. Whereas raising taxes to fund public services would lead to a...

This paper summarizes the main findings in a series of coordinated studies conducted to assess the impact of social security programs on the distribution of lifetime labor income in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay. The country-case studies find varying degrees of redistribution,...

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 reviews current issues in labour markets in Uruguay. It argues that there was a strong association between growth, employment and wages

We estimate indicators of incentives to retire in a sample of individuals affiliated to the main Uruguayan social security program and we assess their impact on retirement and pension claims observed between 1996 and 2004. The implicit tax on work in this population is high compared to other...

Analyses the prospects of occupation and the "employment problems" defined as situations considered non acceptable so that its needed policies to change it. The article was also published as a chapter of the book "Uruguay agenda 2020" coordinated by Rodrigo Arocena & Gerardo Caetano with the...

In a paper on pension plans in eleven Latin American countries, Forteza and Ourens (2011) report two remarkable results: the rates of return are not sensitive to retirement ages if the number of years of service remains constant, and there are large discontinuities in the rates of return...

Labour market condition have been very favourable in Uruguay in the last decade;however, the situation varies according to workers qualifications. This is so in terms of employment growth, unemployment rates, wage rates, and also in the presence of informality. This paper focuses on several aspects...

This paper considers bad quality employments to those that have some limitation and need some kind of change. Reviews different approaches from Marx to the ILO definition of decent work, analyses the evolution of bad quality employment in Uruguay and proposes some policies to achieve a better...

This paper analyzes the effects of increased competition resulting from the creation of the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) on productivity, employment and wages for the Uruguayan manufacturing sector at the plant level. We use impact evaluation techniques –which are not common in trade...