Molina, J. A., Velilla, J., & Ibarra, H. (2022). Intrahousehold bargaining power in Spain: An empirical test of the collective model. Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10834-021-09812-1   Resumen: This paper analyzes the intrahousehold bargaining power of spouses in Spanish families, in a collective framework. We estimate household labor supply equations and, under certain testable restrictions, we obtain a theoretically derived sharing rule for household income, which characterizes […]

Núñez, F., Arcos-Vargas, Á., Usabiaga, C., & Álvarez-de-Toledo, P. (2022). On directors’ compensation: a multilevel analysis of Spanish listed companies. Empirical Economics, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-021-02183-4 Resumen: This study analyzes the determinants of the annual compensation of directors belonging to the boards of the Spanish companies that constitute the IBEX 35 stock index. We investigate the importance of observed and unobserved heterogeneity in explaining director compensation. Based on a three-level mixed effect […]

Ayala, L., Martín-Román, J., & Navarro-Ruiz, C. (2022). Unemployment shocks and material deprivation in the European Union: A synthetic control approach. Economic Systems, 101053. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecosys.2022.101053   Resumen:  This paper analyzes how material deprivation responds to drastic changes in unemployment levels. We explore unemployment shocks registered in some European Union countries during the so-called Great Recession. To do so, we apply the synthetic control methodology, which has been rarely used in the […]

El desplazamiento al trabajo cada vez dura más (y hace más infelices a los trabajadores) Jorge Velilla Gambo, José Alberto Molina y José Ignacio Giménez Nadal Este contenido es íntegramente reproducido de The Conversation: https://theconversation.com/el-desplazamiento-al-trabajo-cada-vez-dura-mas-y-hace-mas-infelices-a-los-trabajadores-187240   Los desplazamientos de ida y vuelta al trabajo (commuting) han recibido durante las últimas décadas el interés tanto de investigadores como de políticos y trabajadores. En Europa, por ejemplo, uno de cada cinco trabajadores dedica más de […]

Evaluating the effects of short and medium-term temporary work reduction schemes: the case of Spain’s ERTEs during the COVID-19 outbreak Javier García Clemente This paper was awarded the Luis Toharia grant for young researchers in labour economics (V edition) Research project framework: “Nuevas dinámicas del mercado laboral tras el con- finamiento en Andalucía: el empleo del futuro post COVID19 y respuesta a nuevos confinamientos.” Ref.: CV20-3547. Funding institutions: “Junta de Andalucía, […]

Santero-Sánchez, R., & Núñez, B. C. (2022). Pursuing equal pay for equal work: Gender diversity in management positions and the gender pay gap throughout the wage distribution. BRQ Business Research Quarterly, 23409444221125239. https://doi.org/10.1177/23409444221125239 Resumen: Despite the massive incorporation of women into the labor market, equal pay for equal work remains a challenge. This article analyzes the influence of gender diversity in management positions on the gender wage gap (GWG) throughout […]

Usabiaga, C., Núñez, F., Arendt, L., Gałecka-Burdziak, E., & Pater, R. (2022). Skill requirements and labour polarisation: An association analysis based on Polish online job offers. Economic Modelling, 115, 105963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2022.105963 Resumen:  This paper uses the methodological scheme of contingency tables to explore polarisation in the Polish labour market. We use a large database of online job offers published on selected Polish job portals in the period 2017–2019, whereas most […]

Giménez-Nadal, J. I., Molina, J. A., & Velilla, J. (2022). Occupational sorting and the transmission of self-employment between generations. Applied Economics Letters, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1080/13504851.2022.2074354 Resumen: Existing research has focused on factors explaining self-employment decisions, and the intergenerational transmission of self-employment has been posited as one explanatory factor. However, findings differ across countries, and the channels for such transmission remain unclear. Using data from the European Union Statistics on Income and […]

García-Pérez, C., Prieto, M., Seva, J., Simon, H., & Simón-Albert, R. (2022). A multidimensional operationalization of precarious employment with a counting approach: evidence from Spain. Applied Economics, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2091744 Resumen: The article proposes a novel multidimensional operationalization of precarious employment using the Alkire-Foster dual threshold counting approach methodology. The proposal is made in a context in which, although precarious employment tends to be considered a multidimensional construct characterized by an […]

Del Rey, E., Naval, J., & Silva, J. I. (2022). Hours and wages: A bargaining approach. Economics Letters, 110652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2022.110652 Resumen: In a recent paper, Bick et al. (2022) show the presence of a hump-shaped relationship between hours and hourly wages with a maximum around 50 h worked. We show that a model with fixed labor costs where workers and firms bargain in wages and hours can help explain this non-linear relationship. […]