In this brief paper we compare the redistributive effect of a VAT reform using an arithmetical and a behavioral microsimulation model. We analyze the effects of the elimination of the VAT for a basket of goods which is intensively consumed by the poorest population. Our microsimulations are...

In this paper we analyze the allocation of public resources by age group, estimate the net public transfers and study their role in consumption financing, comparing 1994 and 2006 in Uruguay. We use the National Transfers Account system, specially built for measuring economic flows between age...

The purpose of this work is to present an estimation of the economic flows between people of different ages in Uruguay for 2006. In any period coexist people of different generations living in different stages of the life cycle. People in the working age, generate resources that serve not only...

The estimations in this paper show that there is a high risk that a very significant share of the workers registered in the work history of the main social security institution of Uruguay (the BPS) will not be able to comply with the condition of contributing 35 years to access the pension when...

El presente trabajo tiene como objetivo analizar el impacto de la reforma de la seguridad social de 1995 sobre las cuentas generacionales, esto es, sobre el valor presente del conjunto de prestaciones netas de aportes percibidas a lo largo del ciclo de vida por distintas cohortes. Este tipo de...

The aim of this article is to answer the question of whether women in Uruguay face a glass ceiling. To do this, the conditional gender wage gap is evaluated along the empirical wage distribution function. Separated quantile regression for women and men are estimated. We evaluate the...

In this paper we analyze the gender differentiated impacts of trade openness in Uruguay using a gender aware CGE model with endogenous labor supply and a home production function. We simulate complete trade liberalization and an increase in tariffs to the level of 1994. Trade liberalization...