Settler economies are characterized for the abundance of natural resources. However, natural capital is not homogeneous and it induces differences in terms of economic performance. I discuss the effect of agricultural natural resources on production and income distribution in the agriculture in...

This paper analyzes the evolution of gender occupational segregation between 2001 and 2011and its influence on the wage gap during the period 2007-2011 to Uruguay. Through the construction and analysis of the Duncan index the results indicates an overall decrease in gender occupational...

The aim of this paper is to compare the innovative behavior between Worker Managed Firms (WMF) and Capitalists Firms (CF) in Uruguay. Using cross-sectional data from the IECON-ANII-INACOOP (2011) survey this research analyzed, through descriptive and econometric methods, in which way the...

This paper presents an estimation of the revenues of the Uruguayan pension system, its financial situation and itsimpact on the Central Government finances between 1896 and 2008. The revenues and expenditures of the Social Security Bank (wich covers the retirement funds for workers of the Civil...

Analyses the prospects of occupation and the "employment problems" defined as situations considered non acceptable so that its needed policies to change it. The article was also published as a chapter of the book "Uruguay agenda 2020" coordinated by Rodrigo Arocena & Gerardo Caetano with the...

This paper reviews current issues in labour markets in Uruguay. It argues that there was a strong association between growth, employment and wages

The purpose of this paper is to estimate the influence of Argentina and Brazil on the Uruguayan economy between 1980 and 2002. The analysis of the relations between the regional GDPs indicated the existence of a long-term equilibrium between the growth rates of Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay....

During the twentieth century Uruguay showed marked cyclical fluctuations. In particular, in the last decades Uruguay exhibited periods of significant growth which turned out not to be sustainable and ended in deep crises. In this paper we intend to help explain Uruguay’s cyclical volatility by...

During the last decades, there has been a process of intense changes in the global trade integration. Uruguay has not been outside of these changes, particularly from the 1990s. The impact evaluation of trade on labor market outcomes, poverty and income distribution is a relatively recent...

This document describes the evolution of the public debt services, their incidence on the Central Government expenditure and their links to the budgetary imbalances in Uruguay, between 1935 and 1959. The extent up to which the public indebtedness has questioned the fiscal sustainability along...