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...

Como el país no cuenta con información que permita reproducir los salarios sobre los cuales se realizaron los aportes y calcularon las pasividades hasta el año 1995, los estudios comprendidos en el proyecto “Los efectos macroeconómicos de la reforma de la seguridad social” requirieron...

The existence and magnitude of the effects of labour taxes cuts on the employment level is here analised using data for 7 Uruguayan industies along 1993-2001. A multivariate model for labour demand is especified, considering wages and product demand as endogenous variables. The main conclusion...

The aim of this paper was: i) to study the evolution of the wage differential between the public and the private sector and, ii) to analyze the impact of said evolution on income distribution. The main conclusions of this paper are the following: -The average hourly wage is higher in the public...

This paper studies the relationship between productivity and export orientation of Uruguayan manufacturing firms in 1997-2001, trying to explore the self-selection and learning by exporting hypotheses. We use a constant prices plant level data panel for 1997-2001. First, we estimate a production...

En este trabajo se analiza del desarrollo de la eficiencia técnica de las empresas pertenecientes a cuatro ramas del sector industrial uruguayo: 3111 (Matanza y Preparación de Carnes y Aves), 3521 (Pinturas, Barnices y Lacas), 3522 (Productos Farmacéuticos y Medicamentos) y 3523 (Artículos...