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Uruguay's Income Inequality and Political Regimes during 1981-2010

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  • Verónica Amarante
  • Marco Colafranceschi
  • Andrea Vigorito

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This study assesses the evolution of inequality in Uruguay during 1981-2010, considered as subperiods built on the basis of the main policy regimes observed: extreme right (1981-84), centre-right (1985-89), right (1990-2004), and centre-left (2005-10). Income inequality diminished during the restoration of democracy, but started to grow steadily in the mid-1990s and despite recent redistributive reforms, continued to grow, albeit modestly, until 2007.

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  • Verónica Amarante & Marco Colafranceschi & Andrea Vigorito, 2011. "Uruguay's Income Inequality and Political Regimes during 1981-2010," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2011-094, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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