This paper analyzes the existence of a wage curve in Uruguay. We run several models for the period 1986-2005 using two different proxies of the wage. We obtain an elasticity of -0.09 between unemployment and wages. The elasticity is higher for the youth, women, and less educated workers. We also...

The authors note that poverty assessments are of central importance when forming policies wold-wide. After briefly describing the economy and politics of Uruguay, they look at issues in conceptualizing and measuring privation and report on the development of poverty in Montevideo under two...