¿Qué Incentivos al Retiro Genera la Seguridad Social? El Caso Uruguayo

By Ignacio Alvarez, Natalia da Silva, Alvaro Forteza, Ianina Rossi (Universidad de la República) The activity rate of mature men has increased in Uruguay in recent decades. This trend is remarkably different from what has been observed in most developed and Latin American countries. We analyze in this paper the incentives to retire implicit in the main social security program of Uruguay. We find that mature men tend to experience significant social security wealth losses if they postpone retirement. These...