Inicios de la protección a los trabajadores desempleados en Uruguay 1904-1958): la jubilación por despido

Nicolás Bonino Gayoso () and Ulises Garcí­a Repetto ()
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Nicolás Bonino Gayoso: Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a
Ulises Garcí­a Repetto: Universidad de la República (Uruguay). Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y de Administración. Instituto de Economí­a
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No 12-24, Documentos de Trabajo (working papers) from Instituto de Economía - IECON

Abstract: Protection of unemployed workers constituted a subject of concern in the Uruguayan politic agenda already in the early 20th century. The problem was tried to be solved basically through three instruments: retirement by dismissal ("jubilación por despido") and unemployment insurance, directed to protect from non-seasonal unemployment,and funds for unemployment compensation, directed to seasonal unemployment. During the first half of the 20th century the instrument applied was the retirement by dismissal. This working paper investigates the characteristics of this instrument and its performance, both in terms of unemployed's protection and with respect to the fundsŽ finances. The study is based in data, reports and statements collected from the parliamentary sessions acts, messages that yearly the Executive sends to Legislative, and bulletins and yearbooks from the pensions funds.It arises from the investigation that this retirement benefit ended up distorted as a result of problems of design, organization and application. It also had negative effects on the fundsŽ finances. Several measures were taken in order to solve the problem, the main of them being the so-called unemployment subsidy. However, this tool also ended up distorted. It would have to wait until 1958 so that Uruguay had a system of compulsory unemployment insurance that protected unemployed workers in a more consistent way.

Keywords: Unemployment insurance; social security; unemployment; social public expenditure; public finances (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H55 J65 N46 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 32 pages
Date: 2012-12
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