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Elasticidad de la demanda de trabajo en Uruguay

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  • María Sylvina Porras

    (Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración, Instituto de Economía (Montevideo, Uruguay))

  • Eliana Melognio

    (Ministerio de Industria, Energía y Minería, Dirección Nacional de Energía (Montevideo, Uruguay))

Abstract

Este estudio realiza estimaciones de la elasticidad de largo plazo de la demanda de trabajo en Uruguay (1986-2005). Se utilizó para ello el análisis de cointegración de Johansen y la modelización mediante mecanismo de corrección de error. Se encontró que la demanda de trabajo agregada es relativamente inelástica respecto al costo laboral y algo más elástica considerando sólo al trabajo dependiente privado. Es aproximadamente igual a la unidad respecto al producto en el sector privado y no se descarta que la elasticidad respecto al capital sea de igual magnitud pero de signo contrario que la del costo laboral. / The objective of this research is to estimate the long-run elasticities of labour demand for Uruguay (1986-2005). The elasticities were estimated using Johansen cointegration analysis and the vector error correction model. We found that the aggregate labour demand is relatively inelastic with respect to changes in labour cost and more elastic when the universe is bounded to private dependent work. It’s close to unity with respect to product and the response of labour demand to change in capital cost seems to be the same as the response to change in labour cost with opposite sign.

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  • María Sylvina Porras & Eliana Melognio, 2012. "Elasticidad de la demanda de trabajo en Uruguay," Revista de Economía y Estadística, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, Instituto de Economía y Finanzas, vol. 50(1), pages 93-121, Diciembre.
    • Handle: RePEc:ief:reveye:v:50:y:2012:i:1:p:93-121
    DOI: 10.55444/2451.7321.2012.v50.n1.10252
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    1. Adriana Peluffo, 2022. "Offshoring and its impact on employment," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 22-14, Instituto de Economía - IECON.

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    Keywords

    Demanda de trabajo; elasticidades de largo plazo; cointegración; VECM;
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    JEL classification:

    • J23 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Labor Demand
    • C32 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Time-Series Models; Dynamic Quantile Regressions; Dynamic Treatment Effect Models; Diffusion Processes; State Space Models

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