Tax-benefit responses in Uruguay during the COVID-19 pandemic

Veronica Amarante and Federico Scalese

No wp-2022-161, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: We analyse the social protection policy response to COVID-19 and its impact on household incomes in Uruguay during 2020 and 2021, based on static microsimulation methods. From the onset of the crisis, the Uruguayan government implemented adjustments to existing social protection policies as well as a new transfer and an emergency tax. The configuration of pre-crisis social protection facilitated the setting-up of rapid support for the vulnerable and for formal workers.

Keywords: COVID-19; Taxes; Benefits; Poverty; Inequality; Uruguay; Tax-benefit microsimulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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