This article discusses the public expenditure management in Uruguay between 1910 and 2000, in relation to the government resources oriented to social protection. It considers the domestic long run income-elasticity of the public expenditure. Then, it studies the cyclical performance of the total...

<b>RESUMEN</b><br> <br> El objetivo de este trabajo es realizar una primera aproximación a un escenario de mayor federalismo fiscal, a través de un modelo de equilibrio general computable bi-regional, que sigue la doctrina tradicional de equilibrio walrasiano, ampliado con la inclusión del sector público y...

The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...

The demographic shift underway in Southern Europe requires a revision of some of the fundamental principles of the traditional welfare state. We analyze the evolution of several aspects of welfare and social expenditure over the last two decades. We find that in the context of the present...

[EN] This paper analyzes if the introduction of new technologies in unionized firms, should be chosen unilaterally by the firm or negotiated with the union. The results show that firms prefer to choose the level of R&D or they prefer to negotiate it with their workers, depending of the R&D cost....

[EN] This paper analyzes the timing of wage bargaining in a unionized market, assuming that workers are organized in independent unions. In equilibrium, when unions decide the timing of the negotiations, we obtain a staggered wage setting. When firms decide the timing of the negotiations, we...

El objetivo de este trabajo es el de analizar un periodo de la historia de España desde la óptica de la acción sindical en una de las principales empresas del país. El trabajo se inicia con una introducción en la que se contextualizan los principales acontecimientos políticos y...