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Giving children a better start: Pre-school attendance and school-age profiles
Berlinski, Samuel; Galiani, Sebastian; Manacorda, Marco - 2006
We study the effect of pre-primary education on children's subsequent school outcomes by exploiting a unique feature of the Uruguayan household survey (ECH) that collects retrospective information on preschool attendance in the context of a rapid expansion in the supply of preprimary places....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293016
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Public-Private Collaboration on Productive Development in Uruguay
Pittaluga, Lucía; Rius, Andrés; Bianchi, Andrés; … - 2014
The PPC for PDPs implemented in Uruguay in recent years have provided fertile ground for research. Many have achieved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011314154
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The growth-employment-poverty nexus in Latin America in the 2000s: Uruguay country study
Cruces, Guillermo; Fields, Gary; Jaume, David; Viollaz, … - 2015
The Uruguayan story was one of declines in the early years of the 2000s in most indicators, followed by improvements in all of them. Economic growth was negative in the early years due to a severe economic crisis, positive and rapid thereafter except during the international crisis of 2008. Most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418562
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Cambios potenciales en los usos recreativos de la costa del río Uruguay ante la instalación de la planta de celulosa Fray Bentos: Un ejercicio de valoración contingente
Conte Grand, Mariana; Chidiak, Martina - 2010
recreativo en el río Uruguay por cambios en el paisaje y en la calidad de las aguas. Los datos provienen de una encuesta … on the Uruguay River could cause to tourism, due to visual pollution and changes in water quality. The data comes from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323149
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Rigidez salarial, precios relativos y ajuste estructural: Una interpretación del desempleo en Uruguay
de Brun, Julio; Labadie, Gaston J. - 1998
que Uruguay salió de la crisis cambiaria y financiera. Este estudio presenta una percepción del desempleo en Uruguay. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326950
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Collective Bargaining Systems in Six Latin American Countries: Degrees of Autonomy and Decentralization (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay)
O'Connell, Lesley - 1999
The transition to a market driven development strategy in Latin America for more than a decade has redefined business strategies and reshaped the state`s traditional role as guarantor of employment, stability, and protection. These changes, plus the move to create more flexible labor markets in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326986
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How Do Social Security and Income Affect the Living Arrangements of the Elderly? Evidence from Reforms in Mexico and Uruguay
Shinkai, Naoko - 2000
Uruguay, are examined. It is concluded that the improvement of educational attainment was mainly responsible for helping the … elderly poor to live alone in rural areas in Mexico, and not the government system. On the other hand, in Uruguay, for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327102
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Los efectos del sector público en el financiamiento de la vivienda: El mercado hipotecario de Uruguay
Gandelman, Eduardo; Gandelman, Nestor - 2004
El presente trabajo estudia el mercado hipotecario de viviendas en Uruguay. El principal operador del mercado es el … Banco Hipotecario del Uruguay (BHU), una institución estatal que concentra más de 80% del total de los créditos. Esta … legales) para ejecutar los casos morosos y a la crisis general del sistema financiero de Uruguay. El análisis de los estados …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327113
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Do Democracies Breed Rent-Seeking Behavior?
Calderón, César; Chong, Alberto - 2005
democracies and rent-seeking behavior using time-series and panel data approaches. In this paper we focus on the case of Uruguay …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327127
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Rent Seeking and Democracy in Latin America: What Drives What?
Calderón, César; Chong, Alberto - 2006
-seeking behavior and democracy in Uruguay, a country where both rent-seeking behavior and political shifts have varied widely in the … Uruguay, although the reduction in rent seeking does not appear to have had a bearing on the quality of democratic regime in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010327173