The behavior of social transfers over the business cycle: empirical evidence of Uruguay

Ronald Miranda and Leonel Muinelo-Gallo

No 18-15, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Instituto de Economía - IECON

Abstract: This paper analyzes the cycle fluctuations of the social transfers in Uruguay over the period 1988.Q1 to 2016.Q3. The unobservable cyclical components are extracted from the observable time series following different empirical strategies. The results show that social transfers behave procyclical and lag the macroeconomics fluctuations. In this way, social transfers instead of contributing to stabilize the Uruguayan economy have aggravated the business cycle, and through various items of expenditure, expose the vulnerable groups of society to more adverse economic conditions.

Keywords: social transfers; business cycle; detrending; Uruguay (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C10 E32 H50 H55 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2018
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Journal Article: The Behaviour of Social Transfers over the Business Cycle: Empirical Evidence of Uruguay (2020)
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