Di Paolo, A., Matas, A. and Raymond, J.L. (2016): Job accessibility and job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Papers in Regional Science. DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12179. Abstract This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona with regard to both public and private transport. Transit accessibility is defined in terms of the spatial distribution of employment relative to travel time by public transport, […]

Abstract This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona with regard to both public and private transport. Transit accessibility is defined in terms of the spatial distribution of employment relative to travel time by public transport, whereas accessibility by private transport is approximated by car availability. The results obtained from a joint model for car ownership, employment selectivity and mismatch confirm […]

Abstract The ‘knowledge economy’ is said to depend increasingly on capacities for innovation, knowledge-generation and complex problem-solving – capacities attributed to university graduates with research degrees. To what extent, however, is the labour market absorbing and fully utilising these capabilities? Drawing on data from a recent cohort of PhD graduates, we examine the correlates and consequences of qualification and skills mismatch. We show that job characteristics such as economic sector […]

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 overeducated and properly matched workers. The hypothesis is that overeducated […]

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 se ve cuando vemos la economía mundial en su conjunto? […]

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 between manufacturing and consumption prices – together with a higher […]

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 wage distribution using econometric decomposition methods and introducing a […]

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 document substantial variation in the premium along the wage distribution […]

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 along the wage distribution once observed characteristics are accounted for […]

¿Es la sobreeeducación una amenaza para los países de América Latina? Raúl Ramos   Afortunadamente, las diferencias entre países en lo que se refiere a los niveles de educación de la población continúa reduciéndose de manera muy marcada. A partir de la base de datos de Barro-Lee se puede comprobar que, en los últimos 30 años, mientras el número medio de años de escolaridad de la población adulta en muchos […]