Overeducation, skills and wage penalty: Evidence for Spain using PIAAC data
Nieto, S. and Ramos, R. (2016): Overeducation, skills and wage penalti: Evidence for Spain using PIAAC data, Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1423-1. Abstract The literature on educational mismatches finds that overeducated workers suffer a wage penalty compared with properly educated workers with the same level of education. Recent literature also suggests that individuals’ skill heterogeneity could explain wage differences between [...]
La debilidad del comercio mundial
La debilidad del comercio mundial porMaloen 08/10/2016 enCOMERCIO MUNDIAL, CRECIMIENTO, EMERGENTES, FLUJOS FINANCIEROS, MACROECONOMÍA Hemos visto a lo largo de la gran recesión, cómo las empresas españolas se han internacionalizado e, incluso, cómo el “tradicional” déficit por cuenta corriente ha dejado de estar ahí como una preocupación constante de la economía española (aunque ya veremos qué sucede cuando pase un poco más de tiempo). Pero, ¿qué [...]
Wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry
Agudelo, S. and Sala, H. (2016): Wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry, Economics of Transition, 24 (1), 99-134. Abstract We show that wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry is not fundamentally driven by labour productivity in contrast to the standard theoretical prediction. On the contrary, internal institutional arrangements – payroll taxation, the minimum wage or the price wedge [...]
Full- and part-time wage differences in Spain: An analysis along the wage distribution
Simón, H., Sanromá, E. and Ramos, R. (2016): Full- and part-time wage differences in Spain: An analysis along the wage distribution, International Journal of Manpower. Abstract This research examines wage differences between part-time and full-time workers using microdata from the Spanish Structure of Earnings Survey. The main contribution of the paper is related to the analysis of differences along [...]
The part-time wage penalty: Does bargaining coverage outweight regional differences in Spain?
Ramos, R., Sanromá, E, and Simón, H. (2016): The part-time wage penalty: Does bargaining coverage outweight regional differences in Spain?, The Economic and Labour Relations Review, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304616659984 Highlights We study the public sector wage gap in Spain using administrative records We find a significant wage premium for men and women even after accounting for characteristics and endogenous selection We [...]
The Public Sector Wage Premium in Spain: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data, Labour Economics
Hospido, L. and Moral-Benito, E. (2016): The Public Sector Wage Premium in Spain: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data, Labour Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2016.08.001 Highlights We study the public sector wage gap in Spain using administrative records We find a significant wage premium for men and women even after accounting for characteristics and endogenous selection We document substantial variation in the premium [...]
