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Uruguay's 2005-2020 Frente Amplio era (Vázquez I, Mujica, Vázquez II) expanded the welfare state (Plan de Equidad 2008, Asignaciones Familiares expansion, FONASA universal-health integration 2008, Sistema Nacional Integrado de Cuidados 2015), legalised cannabis 2013, and ran a centre-left fiscal-and-redistributive programme without abandoning macroeconomic orthodoxy.

The pre-registered claim is that Uruguay achieved a measurable poverty-reduction and inequality- compression record while maintaining single-digit inflation and positive cumulative growth, distinguishing it from Latin American populist redistribution programmes that ran into macro instability. Primary statistics: extreme-poverty headcount falls by at least 10 percentage points 2005-2019, gini index falls by at least 4 points, cumulative log GDP-pc growth 2005-2019 is at LATAM median or above, AND mean cpi_inflation_yoy stays below 10%.

INCONCLUSIVEengine/runs/uruguay_frente_amplio_social_investment_2005_2020

INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — treatment 'context_inferred_treatment' has no within-country variation under country fixed effects

confidence cueResult card produced; verdict unclassified.

policy briefCoverage too thin

In ordinary language

In plain terms, this asks whether the policy story survives a real-world data check from 1998 to 2024.

plain answer

This test cannot make a firm call yet. treatment 'context_inferred_treatment' has no within-country variation under country fixed effects

why it matters

This matters because welfare architecture claims should change belief only when they survive a pre-declared empirical test.

how the test works

It compares 7 country or place units from 1998 to 2024, using a panel fe design.

what was measured
What we checked
  • Extreme poverty headcount
  • Inequality index
  • Log income pc constant
what this does not prove

A single test is not the whole truth. It narrows the claim under a specific sample, time period, and method. Strong policy conclusions need the pattern to survive nearby tests, alternative data, and serious objections.

verification

0 input datasets, 0 unresolved missing series, provenance status: no input vintages recorded.

Results

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Pre-registration

registration ordering unverified
first-spec commit 4c8ce8e · 2026-07-18T22:11:21Z
run generated · 2026-06-29T17:53:07Z
Run timestamp predates this path's first git-add commit (rebase, rename, or pre-git local run). Spec hash is still the path's first-add commit — not repository HEAD — but ordering is not a clean pre-registration proof.

Uruguay's 2005-2020 Frente Amplio era (Vázquez I, Mujica, Vázquez II) expanded the welfare state (Plan de Equidad 2008, Asignaciones Familiares expansion, FONASA universal-health integration 2008, Sistema Nacional Integrado de Cuidados 2015), legalised cannabis 2013, and ran a centre-left fiscal-and-redistributive programme without abandoning macroeconomic orthodoxy. The pre-registered claim is that Uruguay achieved a measurable poverty-reduction and inequality- compression record while maintaining single-digit inflation and positive cumulative growth, distinguishing it from Latin American populist redistribution programmes that ran into macro instability. Primary statistics: extreme-poverty headcount falls by at least 10 percentage points 2005-2019, gini index falls by at least 4 points, cumulative log GDP-pc growth 2005-2019 is at LATAM median or above, AND mean cpi_inflation_yoy stays below 10%.

Falsification criterion — what would disprove this

set before the run · honoured after

This hypothesis is considered falsified if:

Not supported if (a) extreme_poverty_headcount fall is less than 10 percentage points 2005-2019, OR (b) gini index fall is less than 4 points, OR (c) mean cpi_inflation_yoy 2005-2019 exceeds 10%, OR (d) cumulative log_gdp_pc growth (URY, 2005-2019) is below the LATAM 25th percentile.

formal test & threshold
test:      panel_fe_plus_descriptive_thresholds
threshold: extreme_poverty_headcount(URY, 2005) - extreme_poverty_headcount(URY, 2019) >= 10 AND gini_index(URY, 2005) - gini_index(URY, 2019) >= 4 AND mean_cpi_inflation_yoy(URY, 2005-2019) <= 10 AND cumulative_log_gdp_pc(URY, 2005-2019) >= LATAM_25th_percentile

Method

Template
panel_fe
Clustering
country
Sample
7 countries · 1998 – 2024
Evidence type
associational

Primary: panel_fe of poverty/gini/log_gdp on country and year FE plus URY-indicator interaction. Secondary: descriptive trajectory showing levels.

Data

VariableSourceTransform
extreme_poverty_headcount
outcome
world_bank_wdi:SI.POV.DDAYtier 2
level
gini_index
outcome
world_bank_wdi:SI.POV.GINItier 2
level
log_gdp_pc_constant
outcome
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KDtier 2
log
cpi_inflation_yoy
outcome
world_bank_wdi:FP.CPI.TOTL.ZGtier 2
level
government_expenditure_share_gdp
outcome
world_bank_wdi:NE.CON.GOVT.ZStier 2
level
health_expenditure_share_gdp
outcome
world_bank_wdi:SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZStier 2
level
terms_of_trade
control
world_bank_wdi:TT.PRI.MRCH.XD.WDtier 2
level
soybean_price
control
fred:PSOYBUSDMtier 1
log_level
brazil_gdp_growth
control
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZGtier 2
level
argentina_gdp_growth
control
world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZGtier 2
level

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Detailed result card

Result card — uruguay_frente_amplio_social_investment_2005_2020

Verdict: INCONCLUSIVE_DATA_PENDING — treatment 'context_inferred_treatment' has no within-country variation under country fixed effects

Pre-registration

  • Claim: Uruguay's 2005-2020 Frente Amplio era (Vázquez I, Mujica, Vázquez II) expanded the welfare state (Plan de Equidad 2008, Asignaciones Familiares expansion, FONASA universal-health integration 2008, Sistema Nacional Integrado de Cuidados 2015), legalised cannabis 2013, and ran a centre-left fiscal-and-redistributive programme without abandoning macroeconomic orthodoxy. The pre-registered claim is that Uruguay achieved a measurable poverty-reduction and inequality- compression record while maintaining single-digit inflation and positive cumulative growth, distinguishing it from Latin American populist redistribution programmes that ran into macro instability. Primary statistics: extreme-poverty headcount falls by at least 10 percentage points 2005-2019, gini index falls by at least 4 points, cumulative log GDP-pc growth 2005-2019 is at LATAM median or above, AND mean cpi_inflation_yoy stays below 10%.
  • Falsification rule: Not supported if (a) extreme_poverty_headcount fall is less than 10 percentage points 2005-2019, OR (b) gini index fall is less than 4 points, OR (c) mean cpi_inflation_yoy 2005-2019 exceeds 10%, OR (d) cumulative log_gdp_pc growth (URY, 2005-2019) is below the LATAM 25th percentile.
  • Falsification test: panel_fe_plus_descriptive_thresholds

Estimate

  • Error: treatment 'context_inferred_treatment' has no within-country variation under country fixed effects

Variables resolved

  • world_bank_wdi:SI.POV.DDAY → extreme_poverty_headcount (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=2862)
  • world_bank_wdi:SI.POV.GINI → gini_index (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=2430)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.PCAP.KD → log_gdp_pc_constant (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=12104)
  • world_bank_wdi:FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG → cpi_inflation_yoy (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=7550)
  • world_bank_wdi:NE.CON.GOVT.ZS → government_expenditure_share_gdp (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=9133)
  • world_bank_wdi:SH.XPD.CHEX.GD.ZS → health_expenditure_share_gdp (outcome, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=4811)
  • world_bank_wdi:TT.PRI.MRCH.XD.WD → terms_of_trade (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=6478)
  • fred:PSOYBUSDM → soybean_price (controls, publisher=fred, n=245)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG → brazil_gdp_growth (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=13897)
  • world_bank_wdi:NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG → argentina_gdp_growth (controls, publisher=world_bank_wdi, n=13897)

Generated by scripts/run_panel_fe.py at 2026-06-29T17:53:07+00:00

Strongest opposing argument

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Notes

Tests whether welfare-state expansion within a credible macro frame is compatible with growth.

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