¿Qué factores determinan quién toma las decisiones económicas dentro del hogar? Juan Carlos Campaña, UNED José Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, Universidad de Zaragoza José Alberto Molina, Universidad de Zaragoza Jorge Velilla, Universidad de Zaragoza Este documento se basa en el trabajo: Campaña, J. C., Giménez-Nadal, J. I., Molina, J. A., & Velilla, J. (2023). The shifters of intrahousehold decision-making in European countries. Empirical Economics, forthcoming, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-023-02494-8. Desde la obra seminal del Premio […]

¿Consiguió la Ley de Prevención de Riesgos Laborales su objetivo? Posibles efectos indirectos de su aprobación Pablo Delgado-Cubillo y Ángel L. Martín-Román (Universidad de Valladolid)   Este contenido es íntegramente reproducido del blog Nada es Gratis: https://nadaesgratis.es/admin/consiguio-la-ley-de-prevencion-de-riesgos-laborales-su-objetivo-posibles-efectos-indirectos-de-su-aprobacion   Introducción Los problemas de información imperfecta en los mercados es un tema que ha atraído la atención de los economistas. Sin ir más lejos, los términos riesgo moral y selección adversa han aparecido […]

Nguyen, T. T. T., Pham, B. T., & Sala, H. (2023). World uncertainty and national fiscal balances. Journal of Applied Economics, 26(1), 2242110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2023.2242110 Resumen: The Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic shared two of its critical macroeconomic consequences: a major increase in world uncertainty and great stress on public finances. In this paper, we show that not only these are not independent phenomena but, on the contrary, world economic […]

Córcoles, D., Díaz-Mora, C., Gandoy, R., & Triguero, Á. (2023). The role of servitization in international entrepreneurship: An analysis for Spanish manufacturing firms. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-023-00335-4 Resumen: In the context of international entrepreneurship, the aim of this study is to explore the relationship between servitization and export behavior in manufacturing firms. This relationship would be an example of international entrepreneurship where firms produce and sell both manufactures […]

Addessi, W., & Etzo, I. (2023). International immigration and final consumption expenditure composition. Review of World Economics, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-023-00501-9 Resumen:  Focusing on EU countries, we analyze the influence of immigration flows on the demand for different aggregate categories of final consumption goods. Using the cross-country heterogeneity in immigration flows and preference structures, we find that when people move from a country to another, the sectoral preferences characterizing the origin country […]

Título: Non-standard employment among young people in the European Union: precariousness, multiple jobholding and unpaid overtime.   Autor: Guillermo Orfao e Vale Tabernero.   Directores: Alberto del Rey Poveda y Miguel Ángel Malo Ocaña   Universidad: Universidad de Salamanca.   Fecha de defensa: 5 de junio de 2023.   ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis sets out to analyse the precariousness of employment among young people in EU-28 member states following the Great Recession. […]

La brecha de género sigue existiendo en el trabajo remunerado (y en el no remunerado, también) Jorge Velilla, IEDIS, Universidad de Zaragoza. José Ignacio Giménez-Nadal, IEDIS, Universidad de Zaragoza Juan Carlos Campaña, UNED. Este contenido es íntegramente reproducido de The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/la-brecha-de-genero-sigue-existiendo-en-el-trabajo-remunerado-y-en-el-no-remunerado-tambien-205187 Durante los últimos años, las brechas de género han estado en el punto de mira social y político. En consecuencia, han aparecido diferentes medidas buscando que desaparezcan o disminuyan […]

Porras‐Arena, M. S., & Martín‐Román, Á. L. (2023). The correlation between unemployment and economic growth in Latin America–Okun’s law estimates by country. International Labour Review, 162(2), 171-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12398 Resumen:  The authors question the validity of Okun’s law in Latin America in this paper. Based on several econometric models, they show that fluctuations in economic activity have a lesser impact on unemployment rates in Latin American countries than in other, more […]

Garcia-Clemente, J., Rubino, N., & Congregado, E. (2023). Reemployment premium effect of furlough programs: evaluating Spain’s scheme during the COVID-19 crisis. Journal for Labour Market Research, 57(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-023-00343-w Resumen:  This paper presents an average treatment effect analysis of Spain’s furlough program during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 2020 labour force quarterly microdata, we construct a counterfactual made of comparable nonfurloughed individuals who lost their jobs and apply […]

Arranz, J. M., & García-Serrano, C. (2023). Assistance benefits and unemployment outflows of the elderly unemployed: The impact of a law change. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 100466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2023.100466 Resumen:  This article examines the impact of a law change in benefit rules on the exit of older workers out of the unemployment benefits system. This change occurred in Spain in July 2012, when the age to become eligible […]