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Did Uruguay experience the Great Moderation ? A structural change analysis
This paper studies the evolution of product volatility and inflation in Uruguay between 1985 and 2009, with the aim of analyzing whether Uruguay is...
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Assessing the impact of the 2007 Tax Reform on poverty and inequality in Uruguay
In the context of a sharp growth in the incidence of poverty and increasing inequality since the late 1990s, a Tax Reform was implemented...
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Unequal opportunities and the role of the education system in the achievements of young Uruguayans
In the present study, a diagnosis is made of the evolution of inequality of opportunities - understood as inequality due to exogenous circumstances to...
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The educational production function: the possible bias in estimating institutional effects with PISA data. The case of full-time schools
In the present study the estimation of a Production Function is discussed
Educational with information from the PISA database (Program for International
Student Assessment) 2006 from...
Evaluation of analysts’ forecasts: the BCU Outlook Survey
The evaluation of the forecasts of any economic variable is a key element, both for analysts who generate these predictions and for those who...
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The output gap in Uruguay: estimation methodologies and applications
The estimation of the product gap constitutes a tool of wide application by macroeconomic analysts and by policy makers to achieve and monitor macroeconomic...