El articulo analiza la asistencia y la desercion del sistema de ensenanza en los adolescentes de 14 a 17 anos de edad en Uruguay. En este grupo etario, en los pasados diez anos la tasa de escolaridad estuvo por encima de 70%, mientras que la participacion en el mercado laboral se ha mantenido en...

In this paper, we examine the effects of a social and labour inclusion program called Uruguay Trabaja (UT) on various labour market outcomes and subjective well-being in Uruguay. Usingadministrative data and a custom survey, we estimate the program’s causal effects by exploiting the random...

Uruguay is a small economy. Its integration into MERCOSUR has increased its exposure to regional macroeconomic instability. The aim of this paper is to assess the impact of regional integration on the country's labor market and poverty. We estimated wage differentials between labor categories,...