This article analysis the macroeconomic determinants of the infant mortality rate (IMR) in Uruguay and its components, focusing on the role of the gross product per capita (GDP), public spending (PS) and health spending (HS). A time series analysis is performed using annual data from 1910 to...

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. We are able to study how wage losses vary across age groups, gender, industry and...

Public procurement is one of the tools most commonly used in order to promote the development of productive activities. Several countries applied this mechanism to promote local industries and innovation process. Nevertheless and despite being discussed in length in Uruguay, public procurement...

In this work we present the results of a recent survey thar covered the whole universe of Worker Cooperatives in Uruguay. In order to be able to evaluate the comparative performance of Worker Cooperatives the survey covered also a control group of conventional firms with similar size and sector...

Women behaviors regarding the labor market have changed substantially in recent decades, accompanied by changes in gender roles. These changes, however, were not identical for all women with some groups entering sooner and showing trajectories more similar to those of men. This paper aims to...

Do individuals choose their reference groups, i.e. their Joneses, or are they culturally transmitted across generations? We provide evidence that feeds the theoretical debate about the endogeneity or exogeneity of reference groups. Our findings for Uruguay suggest that reference groups are...

This paper uses the methods proposed by Antman y Mckenzie (2007) to tests the existence of poverty traps in Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay. We model the income dynamics of households and their reactions to recessions. We also focus in income trajectories for different educational levels, and...