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Income Distribution in Uruguay Society remained highly uneven for a long time. The Income Distribution in Uruguay Society had deteriorated when there was military rule in the country from the year 1973 to 1985.
The distribution of income in Uruguay was such that during the year 1976, the poorest section of the households of Uruguay used to receive only 4.8 percent of the total household income. After democracy was reinstated in the country, the final impact of the revival of real wages and pension had somewhat improved the income distribution.
During the first half of the twentieth century, the standard of living in the country was almost at par with the countries of the developed world. From the years 1985 to 1987, the real wages grew very fast. Uruguay had experienced a 17.5 percent fall in the output between the years 1998 and 2002. The labor income in Uruguay had changed during the years 1989 to 1997.
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