This article aims at contributing to the debate on the effectiveness of cash transfers in terms of income inequality variations at the national and regional level, in middle-income countries like Uruguay. We microsimulate how targeting criteria affect impacts on school attendance, income...

Según el enfoque de las capacidades de Sen, el desarrollo se concibe como la expansión de los logros de las personas y las sociedades en un amplio conjunto de dimensiones (Alkire, 2002). El Programa deNaciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (pnud) en sus informes mundiales sobre el desarrollo...

Based on administrative data combining workers’ earnings histories and unemployment insurance benefits, we document short and long term wage losses for a large sample of Uruguayan formal workers with high tenure. The contribution of this paper is to provide original evidence about job...

During the first decade of the twentieth century, the Uruguayan labor market showed a significant decline in wage inequality and in the incidence of labor informality, while similar changes also took place in other Latin American countries. These trends were observed in a period of strong...

Resumen: Este artículo intenta identificar los efectos de la reforma laboral que entró en vigencia en Colombia en 2003 sobre distintos aspectos del mercado laboral: el desempleo, el empleo, el nivel de formalidad, las horas trabajadas y las remuneraciones. La identificación de estos impactos...

During the first decade of the twentieth century, the Uruguayan labor market showed a significant decline in wage inequality and in the incidence of labor informality, while similar changes also took place in other Latin American countries. These trends were observed in a period of strong...