Regional integration is under discussion nowadays. In 1991, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay created the MERCOSUR regional bloc, which was fully consolidated in 1995. The stabilization problems suffered by the region since 1999, asymmetry problems inside the bloc, the growth of...

This paper discusses the process of implementing income taxes in Uruguay during the period 1961-1973. The study examines the failure of a previous implementation in the twenties, detailing the positions of the various political parties which tended to appear again during the parliamentary debate...

This is the first of three papers that study the Uruguayan economy between 1900 and 1955. It is considered the global economic performance of Uruguay during the first half of the 20th century, when the country experienced “its best” period of economic growth in contrast with the worst...

The aim of this research is observe the links between the monetary poverty, deprivation on attachment, and the develop of adaptive preferences. We work with a sample of individuals who have slept at least one night during 2005 winter in the Montevideo's shelter net, collecting socioeconomic and...

The purpose of this paper is the identification of issues that help to explain the origin of a Labor Relations Systems in this country. It includes the analysis of the different components and their links with the social, economic and political context.

This study explores empirical differences in poverty analysis under two distinct normative approaches: income poverty and Amartya Sen’s capability approach, focusing on nutritional achievement as the main dimension to measure poverty in the latter. The analysis focuses on the association...

The evolution of the Uruguayan economy during the first half of the twentieth century showed an uneven performance of its productive sectors. The importance of carrying out an analysis of this topic lies in the possibility of identifying the phenomena associated with the major structural change...

The process of industrialization by import substitutions in Uruguay has shown special characteristics in the Latin-American context, given its early beginning and its rapid conclusion. Additionally, this period has presented the biggest economic growth in the Uruguayan history, where significant...

The theoretical discussion concerning the comparison of employment and wage decisions between capitalist firms and worker cooperatives began with the seminal work of Ward (1958). The model assumes that worker cooperatives maximizes the net income per member instead of total profits. Even though...

There´s a consensus in the Uruguayan historiography about the important increase of the state intervention in economic and social issues during the long period of political dominance of Batllismo (1903-1933). However, the studies of this phenomenon have not discriminated sufficiently between...