In Uruguay the tax structure and social spending reduce inequality and poverty for the whole society (Bucheli et al. 2013). In this study we analyze the effect of fiscal policy by race considering whites, afros and indigenous. The main question of our paper is whether the reduction of inequality...

According to World Health Organization (2013), 30% of even-partnered women have experienced either physical or/and sexual intimate partner violence (IPV) in the course of their lives. The incidence of IPV in Latin America and Caribbean region is higher relative to other high income and...

In Uruguay, social spending reduces poverty. The aim of this paper is to compare its performance for children and the elderly. The main motivation is that in Uruguay, as in the rest of Latin America, poverty affects mostly children, even after the recent period of fall in poverty. The...

According to the standard indicators of distributive effect, Uruguayan fiscal policy (in particular, social spending) is progressive. The aim of this paper is to compare this result with the conclusions derived from the perspective of equality of opportunity. Under this view, fiscal policy...

Uruguay comenzó su transición demográfica a principios del siglo veinte y tiene una población envejecida si se lo compara con los países de la región. A su vez, es un país con una larga tradición de gasto público en programas sociales, en particular con un sistema de jubilaciones y...

En este artículo se analiza la relación entre el crecimiento económico y la pobreza en el período1991-2006 en Uruguay. La literatura acerca de los efectos del crecimiento sobre el bienestar de lapoblación y específicamente sobre la población en situación de pobreza ha tenido una rápida...

This article analyzes the evolution of the number of children in Uruguayan households during the last decade. With that purpose, differences in the number of children per household and in fertility, by socioeconomic strata, are considered in the period 1996-2006. We then estimate different...

This article analyses the relation between economic growth and poverty in Uruguay, considering the period 1991-2006. The economic literature about poverty and growth has become very profuse during the last years. In this article, we summarize the concepts of pro-poor growth and the methodologies...