Indexation system for wages in dollars: Uruguay 2003-2022

Autores/as

  • Fernando Correa Alsina

Palabras clave:

Wage indexation, real wage, inflation, exchange rate

Resumen

This article discusses the application of two alternative indexing systems for wages established in foreign currency. In particular, it assesses the impact of both on the average level and the variance of the purchasing power of wages. It presents a set of original models that correspond to different scenarios of price behavior, exchange rate, and salary adjustment system. It concludes that, under the most realistic assumptions, indexing based on the differential between inflation and depreciation of the national currency with respect to the foreign currency, without debugging the volatility of the variables, is the most appropriate to minimize the variance of the real wage. This result is confirmed by estimates made for Uruguay. The robustness of the same must be evaluated for scenarios that represent other behaviors of the variables.

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Biografía del autor/a

Fernando Correa Alsina

Professor of Economic Analysis, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the Republic, Uruguay. Postal address: Ignacio Medina 3275 Apto 903, Montevideo, Uruguay, C.P. 11.700. (598) 2336 61 47. fernando.correa@cienciassociales.edu.uy

Publicado

2022-12-13

Cómo citar

Alsina, F. C. (2022). Indexation system for wages in dollars: Uruguay 2003-2022. Revista Internacional De Salarios Dignos, 4(2), 21–38. Recuperado a partir de https://revistasinvestigacion.lasalle.mx/index.php/OISAD/article/view/3581

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