The purpose of this paper is the identification of issues that help to explain the origin of a Labor Relations Systems in this country. It includes the analysis of the different components and their links with the social, economic and political context.

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

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...

The Frente Amplio government macroeconomic policy continued the previous policy and was successful about the crisis administration, with better outputs fulfilling the targets agreed with the IMF. The exceptional macroeconomic success wasn´t fully reflected over better life conditions of the...

The purpose of this document is to build a methodology for the analysis of the Labor Relations Systems considering the specificity of the region. It includes the system profile and its interactions with the social, economic and political context.

It took place a very deep labor reform and resulted a new Labor Relations System Regulated and Participativo. The Washington Consensus approach may consider that there were new rigidities; but investment, gross internal product, employment and wages, continued growing. As results, the...

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...