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Assessing Redistribution in the Uruguayan Social Security System

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  • Alvaro Forteza

    (Universidad de la República)

  • Irene Mussio

    (Universidad de la República)

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We assess redistribution in the main Uruguayan pension and unemployment insurance programs on a lifetime basis. Using administrative records from Social Security, we simulate lifetime declared labor income and flows of contributions and benefits to affiliates to the programs. Expected present values of income and net flows are also computed. Equipped with these estimations, we construct standard measures of distribution and redistribution of lifetime labor income through the Social Security system. Our findings suggest that these programs reduce income inequality. In particular, Social Security reduces the Gini coefficient of expected lifetime formal labor income by almost 2 percentage points.

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  • Alvaro Forteza & Irene Mussio, 2012. "Assessing Redistribution in the Uruguayan Social Security System," Journal of Income Distribution, Ad libros publications inc., vol. 21(1), pages 65-87, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:jid:journl:y:2012:v:21:i:1:p:65-87
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    1. Cristobal Ridao-Cano & Dalal Moosa & Montserrat Pallares-Miralles & Juul Pinxten, 2023. "Built to Include [Conçue pour inclure]," World Bank Publications - Reports 40227, The World Bank Group.
    2. Alvaro Forteza, 2015. "Are social security programs progressive?," IZA World of Labor, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), pages 172-172, July.
    3. Alvaro Forteza, 2017. "Measuring the Redistributive Effect of Pensions," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1317, Department of Economics - dECON.
    4. Álvaro Forteza Galceran, 2023. "The Distribution and Redistribution of Income in the Presence of Pensions," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0323, Department of Economics - dECON.
    5. Alvaro Forteza & Diego Tuzman, 2024. "The redistributive effect of pensions. The case of Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 0924, Department of Economics - dECON.
    6. Bucheli, Marisa & González, Cecilia, 2024. "Investment in human capital by socioeconomic status in Uruguay," The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, Elsevier, vol. 27(C).
    7. Alvaro Forteza, 2011. "Assessing Redistribution within Social Insurance Systems.The cases of Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Mexico and Uruguay," Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) 1311, Department of Economics - dECON.

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    JEL classification:

    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • J14 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Economics of the Elderly; Economics of the Handicapped; Non-Labor Market Discrimination
    • J26 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Retirement; Retirement Policies

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