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This research estimates intertemporal and uncompensated elasticity in Uruguay, which is a developing country with an early demographic transition. We applied the specifications and econometric techniques used in Pencavel (2002) to estimate the supply elasticity over the life cycle (intertemporal elasticity) and the labor supply responses to parametric changes in the wage profile (uncompensated elasticity). This paper assesses the gender gap in labor supply elasticities. This topic is relevant for a better understanding of recent changes in women decisions to participate in the labor market in Uruguay and because of the policy implications arising from the distinction between both elasticities. The results confirm differences in the magnitudes between intertemporal and uncompensated elasticities with a higher substitution effect for women. This study finds evidence of intergenerational changes in female labor supply elasticities. Finally, it finds no evidence of the "added worker effect" among female workers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]