A partir de la crisis de la deuda, la economia uruguaya ha enfrentado graves desequilibrios en sus cuentas externas y ha aplicado sucesivos planes de ajuste y de estabilizacion que, a su vez, se han criticado por sus efectos recesivos y por no atacar los problemas estructurales del pais. El...

Incomplete and highly fragmented work histories threaten to leave many contributors of the pension schemes in Latin America without the minimum pension guarantee or even without access to the ordinary pension. We propose a methodology to assess this risk, identify vulnerable groups and study...

The authors show that labor market policies and institutions affect the effectiveness of economic reform programs. They compare annual growth rates across 119 countries, using data from 449 World Bank adjustment credits and loans between 1980 and 1996. The results indicate that countries with...

It is usually accepted that a pure NDC scheme is not adequate to protect individuals against the risk of poverty in old age, because it does not incorporate any redistribution of the system`s revenue. However, we show that insufficient coverage and weak social protection can be more serious...