The information in the Annual Survey of Economic Activity is presented by the INE in current values of each year, but it is interesting to obtain the values of the variables surveyed at constant prices of 1997. Why 1997 as a base? That year was the last National Economic Census with an important...

This paper analyzes use of the time of the couples into the household. The principals conclusions are that the sex of the one interviewed is the variable that conditions the quantity of hours that she/he dedicates to the tasks into the household. The women dedicate on the average 30 weekly hours...

This paper examines the relationship between individuals, analyzing households transfers in time or money with the perceived access to time and money help among relatives. The principal aim of this work is to understand if instances in which the members of a family support a relative can be...

The objetive of this paper has been to analyze the evolution of occupational segregation by gender in Uruguay and in particular if the evolution was associated to the wage gap trends. There are high level of segregation in Uruguay and they had not important changes during the 1990s.

This paper develops a non-linear DSGE model to assess the interaction between ex-post interventions in credit markets and the build-up of risk ex ante. During a systemic crisis, bailouts relax balance sheet constraints and mitigate the severity of the recession. Ex ante, the anticipation of such...

This paper proposes a theoretical model which incorporates capital accumulation and spatial spillovers across economies, while allowing for differences in absorptive abilities. This model is later estimated for a sample of 215 European NUTS2 regions, before and after the last enlargement of the...