Should the Rich Be Taxed More? The Fiscal Inequality Coefficient
Reproducimos a continuación la referencia al artículo 'Should the rich be taxed more? The fiscal inequality coefficient', de John Hatgioannides, Marika Karanassou y Hector Sala, publicada el 27 de agosto de 2017 por el rotativo The Guardian : https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/aug/27/should-the-rich-be-taxed-more-a-new-paper-shows-unequivocally-yes Should the rich be taxed more? A new paper shows unequivocally yes Larry Elliot Denis Healey never actually said he intended to [...]
Wage effects of cognitive skills and educational mismatch in Europe
Mateos Romero, L., Murillo Huertas, I.P. y Salinas Jiménez, M.M. (2017): Wage effects of cognitive skills and educational mismatch in Europe, Journal of Policy Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2017.08.001 Abstract This paper analyzes the returns to education and educational mismatch in thirteen European countries taking account not only of years of education but also of cognitive skills actually acquired by workers. Using the [...]
Wage rigidities in Colombia: Measurement, causes, and policy implications
Agudelo, S. y Sala, H. (2017): Wage rigidities in Colombia: Measurement, causes, and policy implications, Journal of Policy Modeling, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2017.04.004 Abstract This paper evaluates the extent of wage rigidities in Colombia over a period, 2002–2014, in which the fall in unemployment was relatively slow with respect to sustained economic growth. Following Holden and Wulfsberg (2009), we compute [...]
Consumption in the Shadow of Unemployment
Consumption in the Shadow of Unemployment, por Rodolfo Campos e Iliana Reggio El presente trabajo, publicado en la revista Labour Economics, ha resultado ganador de la VIII Edición del Premio Lluís Fina. Resumen no técnico En general, una recesión está asociada a una caída del consumo agregado, que representa entre la mitad y dos tercios del PIB, dependiendo del [...]
La calidad del profesorado y la adquisición de competencias de los alumnos
Este texto ha sido publicado previamente en Politikon. La calidad del profesorado y la adquisición de competencias de los alumnos Jorge Calero y Oriol Escardíbul La calidad del profesorado es un concepto que puede ser definido de muchos modos. El efecto del profesorado sobre los alumnos es complejo y se produce sobre aspectos cognitivos (qué conocimientos aprenden los alumnos) y no cognitivos [...]
Regional differences in the gender wage gap in Spain
Murillo Huertas, I.P., Ramos, R. and Simón, H. (2017): Regional differences in the gender wage gap in Spain, Social Indicators Research, DOI 10.1007/s11205-016-1461-8. Abstract This study examines regional differences in the gender wage gap in Spain using matched employer–employee microdata, two different econometric decomposition methods and panel data techniques. Our findings suggest that Spain shows a significant regional heterogeneity in [...]
