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...
El estado de salud de los jóvenes uruguayos (with Patricia Triunfo and R. Todd Jevell), Cuadernos de Economía, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (2006)
Utilizing data from the Health, Well-Being, and Aging urvey (La Encuesta sobre Salud, Bienestar, y...
Income Distribution and Income Sources in Uruguay (with Carlos Gradin), Journal of Applied Economics (2006)
This paper is concerned with changes in the distribution of income sources in Uruguay...
El gasto en cuidados medicos de las familias uruguayas (with Patricia Triunfo and Andres Pereyra), El Trimestre Economico (2003)
The consistent estimation of income elasticity of environmental amenities in Uruguay (with Daniel Miles and Andres Pereyra), Estudios Economicos, El Colegio de Mexico (2002)
In this paper we are concerned with the estimation of income elasticities of environmental amenities....
Polarization and Wage Inequality in Uruguay, 1989-97 (with Carlos Gradin), El Trimestre Economico (2000)
The analysis of the evolution of wage polarization in Uruguay during the last twelve...
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...
Gender, education and reciprocal generosity: Evidence from 1,500 experiment subjects. (with Pablo Brañas and Juan Camilo Cardenas), ECINEQ 2009-128 (2009)
There is not general consensus about if women are more or less generous than men....
Horizontal inequity in access to health care in four South American cities (with Ana Balsa and Patricia Triunfo), ECINEQ 2009-131 (2009)
This paper analyzes and compares socioeconomic inequalities in the use of healthcare services by the...
Tolerancia: mapa de las reservas mundiales Un estudio comparado desde la opinión pública (with Natalia Melgar, Giorgina Piani, and Andres Taroco), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
This papers aims at dimensioning the level of tolerance and its determinants. For doing so,...
Perception of corruption in Uruguay: the effects of the sector of employment, life-course adjustments and education (with Natalia Melgar), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
In 2004, Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index ranks Uruguay at 28, seven positions higher than...
Permissiveness toward illegal actions in Uruguay Are Belief in God, income and education relevant? (with Natalia Melgar), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
This paper assesses the willingness to justify illegal actions and whether this attitude has changed...
The role of macroeconomic performance in individual’s attitudes towards protectionism (with Natalia Melgar and Juliette Milgram), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
In this paper we investigate some factors shaping individual support for protectionism that have not...
¿Los hombres son mejores líderes políticos que las mujeres?: un estudio comparado sobre los valores de género en política en Uruguay y Chile (with Juan Pablo Pagano, Veronica Perez, and Daniela Vairo), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
Gender refers to the kind of behaviour that people expects about different persons according to...
Decisión sobre iniciación sexual: el caso de adolescentes uruguayas (with Patricia Triunfo, Mariana Gerstenblüth, and Zuleika Ferre), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
We analyze teenage sexual initiation of Uruguayan women aged less than 24 years, by a...
Explaining protectionism support: the role of economic factors (with Juliette Milgram and Natalia Melgar), Working Papers. Serie EC from Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Económicas, S.A. (Ivie) (2009)
In this paper, we investigate some factors shaping individual support for protectionism that have not...
Impacto de la maternidad adolescente en los logros educativos (with Patricia Triunfo and Mariana Gerstenblüth), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
Based on the Survey on Social and Biological Reproduction of the Uruguayan Population: an approximation...
Assessment of the Distributive Impact of National and External Trade Reforms in Brazil (with Fernando Borraz and Daniel Ferres), No 2, Proceedings of the German Development Economics Conference, Frankfurt a.M. 2009 from Verein für Socialpolitik, Research Committee Development Economics (2009)
This paper quantifies the distributional and poverty effects of national and external trade reform in...
Attitudes toward immigrants: a cross-country perspective (with Todd Jewell, Natalia Melgar, and David Molina), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
This paper examines the foundations of attitudes towards immigrants by focusing on individual characteristics and...
Are there differences between perception of corruption at public and private sector? A multi-country analysis (with Natalia Melgar and Giorgina Piani), dECON - Serie Documentos de Trabajo (2009)
If we accept that the concept of corruption is influenced by culture and personal values...
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), dECON- Working papers (2008)
Latin America is well known as the most inequitable region. As it is recognized, inequality...
And What About the Family Back Home? International Migration and Happiness (with Fernando Borraz and Susan Pozo), dECON Working Paper Serie (2008)
In this study we use data on subjective well being and migration in Cuenca, one...
Inequidades socioeconómicas en el uso de servicios sanitarios del adulto mayor montevideano (with Ana Balsa, Daniel Ferres, and Patricia Triunfo), dECON Working Paper Series (2007)
El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el grado de inequidad socioeconómica en el uso...
La responsabilidad social empresarial en el Uruguay de hoy (with Giorgina Piani, Zuleika Ferre, and Natalia Melgar) (2007)
Feminización y diferencias salariales en Uruguay en el período 1986-1997 (with Cecilia Gonzalez), dECON working papers series (2007)
En el presente trabajo se procede a contrastar la Hipótesis de Concentración desarrollada por Bergmann...
Obesidad e hipertension en los adultos mayores uruguayos (with Patricia Triunfo and Juan Pablo Pagano), dECON working papers series (2007)
This is a study of the impact of obesity and socioeconomic status on the incidence...
HEALTH STATUS OF OLDER ADULTS IN URUGUAY (with Patricia Triunfo), dECON working papers series (2007)
Health status predictors for the elderly (60 years old and over) in Montevideo are estimated,...
Medical behavior: an application to Caesarian section delivery in Uruguay (with Patricia Triunfo), dECON working papers series (2006)
In Uruguay, like in the rest of the world, the rate of births through Caesarian...
Individual’s religiosity enhances trust: Latin American evidence for the puzzle (with Pablo Brañas and Dayna Zaclicever), dECON working papers series (2006)
This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion (Catholicism)...
Learning about one’s relative position and subjective (with Daniel Miles), Working papers series, dECON (2006)
In th is paper we show evidence which suggests th at ch anges in an...
Notas panorámicas de la literatura sobre capital social y desarrollo: El papel de la religión (with Dayna Zaclicever), dECON working papers series (2006)
La investigación empírica llevada a cabo en los últimos años sobre los determinantes del crecimiento...
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...
Las cesáreas en Uruguay: un enfoque económico (with Patricia Triunfo), Asociación de Economía de la Salud, España (2007)
La Responsabilidad Social de las Empresas en Uruguay. La percepción de los ciudadanos (with Zuleika Ferre and Giorgina Piani), ACDE - Asociación Cristiana de Dirigentes de Empresa (2007)
La presentación analiza la percepción que tienen los ciudadanos uruguyos sobre el comportamiento socialmente responsable...
Obesity and hypertension among the elderly in Uruguay (with Juan Pablo Pagano and Patricia Triunfo), dECON Seminars (2007)
This is a study of the impact of obesity and socioeconomic status on the incidence...
Individual’s religiosity enhances trust: Latin American evidence for the puzzle (with Pablo Brañas and Dayna Zaclicever), Sociedad de Economistas del Uruguay / Uruguayan Economics Association (2006)
This paper explores the effect of religious observance and affiliation to the dominant religion (Catholicism)...
Medical Behavior: an application to cesarean section delivery in Uruguay (with Patricia Triunfo), XI Latin American and Caribbean Economic Association (LACEA) - Mexico (2006)
Individual preferences for protectionism: do economic factors really matter? (with Juliette Milgram and Natalia Melgar), IX Encuentro de Economía Aplicada - Universidad de Jaen - España (2006)
Comportamiento médico: una aplicación a las cesáreas en Uruguay (with Patricia Triunfo), XIV Congreso Uruguayo de Ginecología y Obstetricia. (2005)
Capital Social y Desarrollo en América Latina (with Dayna Zaclicever), XX JORNADAS ANUALES DE ECONOMÍA del BANCO CENTRAL DEL URUGUAY (2005)
La presentación analiza el impacto de las actividades relisiosas sobre la performance económica.
El Estado de Salud del Adulto mayor en Uruguay (with Patricia Triunfo), IX Latin American and Carbbean Economic Association (LACEA)- Costa Rica (2004)
El Estado de Salud del Adulto mayor en Uruguay (with Patricia Triunfo), Latin American Meeting of the Econometric Society - Chile (2004)