Articles
Felicidad y salud: una aproximación al bienestar en el Río de la Plata (with Mariana Gerstenblüth and Patricia Triunfo), Estudios de Economía, Universidad de Chile (2008)
We analyze data on happiness for Argentina and Uruguay. The focus is put on self-reported...
Individual’s religiosity enhances trust: Latin American evidence for the puzzle (with Pablo Brañas and Dayna Zaclicever), Journal of Money, Credit and Banking (JMC&B) forthcoming (2008)
This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion (Catholicism)...
Learning about one’s relative position and subjective well-being (with Daniel Miles), Applied Economics (2007)
In this paper we show evidence which suggests that changes in an individual’s relative position...
El estado de salud del adulto mayor en América Latina (with Patricia Triunfo and Todd Jewell), Cuadernos de Economía, Nº 46. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. (2007)
Utilizing data from the Health, Well-Being, and Aging Survey (La Encuesta sobre Salud, Bienestar, y...
Feminización y diferencias salariales en Uruguay (with Cecilia Gonzalez), Cuadernos de Economía, Nº 46. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. (2007)
En el presente trabajo se procede a contrastar la Hipótesis de Concentración desarrollada por Bergmann...
Working Papers
Satisfacción con la vida, fe religiosa y asistencia al templo en Uruguay (with Zuleika Ferre and Mariana Gerstenblüth), No 10/01, Papers on Economics of Religion from Department of Economic Theory and Economic History of the University of Granada (2010)
En el presente trabajo, con datos de la encuesta nacional de opinión pública Religión, Salud...
Salud y felicidad en Uruguay (with Todd Jewell and Mariana Gerstenblüth), Globe - Universidad de Granada (2010)
In this paper we study the relationship between individual happiness and self reported health status,...
Religión y Religiosidad en Uruguay (with Zuleika Ferre and Mariana Gerstenblüth), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
This paper presents descriptive data about religion and religiosity in Uruguay. Data is analyzed related...
¿Son más felices las personas saludables? La evidencia de Chile y Uruguay (with Mariana Gestenblüth), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
Abstract: In this study we analyze data on happiness to find out the relationship between...
A cross-country analysis of the risk factors for depression at the micro and macro level (with Natalia Melgar), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
Past research has provided evidence of the role of personal characteristics as risk factors for...
Presentations
A cross-country analysis of the risk factors for depression at the micro and macro level (with Natalia Melgar), Conference - Universidad de Granada (2010)
Depression is one of the most widespread mental illnesses that affect people worldwide for very...
Threats in Latin American and Caribbean countries: how do inequality and the asymmetries of rules affect tax morale? (with Juan Pablo Pagano, Natalia Melgar, and Mariana Gerstenblüth), 9th Arnoldshain Seminar- Montevideo-Punta del Este, 5-9 October 2009 (2009)
Latin America is well known as the most inequitable region. As it is recognized, inequality...
Preferences for protectionism: do economic factors really matter? (with Juliette Milgram and Natalia Melgar), World Association for Public Opinion Research (WAPOR) (2007)
La Responsabilidad Social Empresarial en Uruguay. Una visión desde la ciudadanía y desde las empresas (with Zuleika Ferre, Natalia Melgar, Hector Pastori, and Giorgina Piani), VI Jornadas de Investigación, FCS, Uruguay (2007)
Testing Happiness Hypothesis among the Elderly (with Daniel Ferres and Alejandro Cid), VI Jornadas de Economia, Banco Central del Uruguay (2007)
A growing strand of economic literature focuses its attention on the relationship between happiness levels...