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Privación y Pobreza en Uruguay

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  • Tatiana Rossi

    (Facultad de Ciencias Económicas, UDELAR and Universidad ORT)

  • Máximo Rossi

    (Departmento de Economía, Facultad de Ciencias Sociales, Universidad de la República)

Abstract

The purpose of this paper will be to study the evolution of poverty and privation in Uruguay between 1989 and 1997. We found that from 1991 there was an increase wage inequality in Uruguay and poverty changed little, decreased until 1993 and then increased and deprivation increased. Near a half of poor people in Uruguay are children and old people contribute very little to poverty.

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  • Tatiana Rossi & Máximo Rossi, 2002. "Privación y Pobreza en Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0602, Department of Economics - dECON.
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