The effect of permanent employment on absenteeism: Evidence from labor reform in Spain
García-Mainar, I., Green, C.P. and Navarro-Paniagua, M. (2018): The effect of permanent employment on absenteeism: Evidence from labor reform in Spain, ILR Review, 71 (2), 525-549. Abstract Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment protection [...]
Competencies, occupational status and earnings among European university graduates
Blázquez, M., Herrarte, A. and Llorente-Heras, R. (2018): Competencies, occupational status and earnings among European university graduates, Economics of Education Review, 62, 16-34. Abstract While the effect of education and experience on labour market outcomes has been widely studied, the literature that analyses the influence of human capital competencies (talents, skills, and capabilities) is still relatively scarce. Using cross-sectional data [...]
Sobre las pensiones y la vida laboral
Sobre las pensiones y la vida laboral Raúl Ramos En un contexto en que el número de pensionistas crece un mes tras otro, ya se acerca a los 6 millones de jubilados para el conjunto del estado, cualquier declaración política sobre este tema tiene un claro impacto sobre la opinión pública y genera un debate importante sobre quien se [...]
A methodologycal proposal to evaluate the cost of duration moral hazard in workplace accident insuarance
Moral, A. and Martín Román, Á. (2017): A methodologycal proposal to evaluate the cost of duration moral hazard in workplace accident insuarance, The European Journal of Health Economics, 18 (9), 1181-1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-017-0878-6 Abstract The cost of duration moral hazard in workplace accident insurance has been amply explored by North-American scholars. Given the current context of financial constraints in public accounts, [...]
On the effect of parental leave duration on unempoyment and wages
Del Rey, E., Racionero, M. and Silva, J.I. (2017): On the effect of parental leave duration on unempoyment and wages, Economic Letters, 158,14-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.029 Abstract We introduce parental leave policies in a labor search and matching model and study the effect of leave duration on unemployment and wages. We show that the effects are ambiguous and depend on whether the [...]
Partial disability and labor market adjustment: The case of Spain
Silva, J.I. and Vall, J. (2017): Partial disability and labor market adjustment: The case of Spain, Labour Economics, 48, 23-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2017.05.012 Abstract Although partially disabled individuals in Spain are allowed to combine disability benefits with a job, the empirical evidence shows that the employment rate of this group of individuals is very low because they have much lower job finding [...]
