Giménez-Nadal, J. I., Molina, J. A., & Velilla, J. (2021). Two-way commuting: Asymmetries from time use surveys. Journal of Transport Geography, 95, 103146. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103146 Resumen: Daily commuting of workers is a complex phenomenon that has long attracted research attention and, despite the significant literature acknowledging differences between morning and evening commuting, commuting trips to and from work are considered symmetric in much of the prior research. We explore the asymmetries […]

Giménez-Nadal, J. I., Molina, J. A., & Velilla, J. (2021). Testing urban efficiency wages in France and Spain. Empirical Economics, 61(4), 2205-2236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00181-020-01928-x Resumen: This paper analyzes the existence of efficiency wages in the French and Spanish labor markets, within an urban efficiency wage theoretical framework. Using data from the French and Spanish time use surveys for the year 2009–2010, results support the main hypothesis of urban efficiency wage models. […]

Albert, C., Davia, M. A., & Legazpe, N. (2021). Educational mismatch in recent university graduates. The role of labour mobility. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-23. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2021.1981840 Resumen:  This article analyses patterns of persistence in both vertical and horizontal educational mismatch in the early career of university graduates in Spain, with particular emphasis on the mediating role of job mobility. We explore whether educational mismatch is a stepping stone towards better-matched […]

Bellido, H., Marcén, M., and Morales, M (2021). The Reverse Gender Gap in Volunteer Activities: Does Culture Matter?. Sustainability, 13 (12), 6957. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13126957 Resumen: Women take on 57% (men: 43%) of all volunteering globally (UN 2018). In this paper, we follow an epidemiological approach to explore the possible role of culture in determining this reverse gender gap in the time devoted to volunteer activities. To that end, we merge data […]

Marcén, M., & Morales, M. (2021). Gender division of household labor: How does culture operate?. Feminist Economics, forthcoming. Resumen: In this paper, we examine whether culture plays a role in the gender division of household labor. To explore this issue, we use data on early-arrival first and second generation immigrants living in the United States. Since all these individuals have grown up under the same laws, institutions, and economic conditions, […]

Marcén, M., & Morales, M. (2021). Culture and the cross-country differences in the gender commuting gap. Journal of Transport Geography, 96, 103184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtrangeo.2021.103184   Resumen:  This paper explores the role of the gender equality culture in cross-country gender commuting gap differences. To avoid inter-relationships between culture, institutions, and economic conditions in a simple cross-country analysis, we adopt the epidemiological approach. We merge data from the American Time Use Survey for the years […]

Ramos, R.; Sanromá, E.; Simón, H. (2021), Collective bargaining levels, employment and wage inequality in Spain, Journal of Policy Modeling, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpolmod.2021.09.006 Resumen: After the increase in inequalities following the Great Recession, studies on wage bargaining systems have increasingly focused on wage inequality. This research examines wage inequality associated with collective bargaining levels in Spain, based on matched employer–employee microdata and quantile regression methods. These methods are applied across the wage distribution, following the method proposed by Firpo […]

López-Tamayo, J.; Melguizo, C.; Ramos, R. (2021), Minimum wages, youth employment and spatial spillovers: New evidence for Spain, Applied Spatial Analysis and Policy, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12061-021-09428-w Resumen: The effect of minimum wages increases on youth employment level has been extensively analysed, but recent contributions have highlighted the potential bias in these studies due to neglected spatial autocorrelation in the considered relationship. This paper contributes to this scarce literature by providing novel evidence […]

Bellido, H., Marcén, M., and Morales, M (2021). Spaniards in the wider world: the role of education in the choice of destination country. IZA Journal of Development and Migration, forthcoming. https://doi.org/10.2478/izajodm-2021-0006 Resumen:  This paper examines the relationship between the education level of Spanish emigrants and their destination country. Since Spanish emigrants were born under the same laws and insti-tutions, the differences in their destination countries can be due to dissimilarities […]

Marcén, M., & Morales, M. (2021). The intensity of COVID-19 Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions and labor market outcomes in the public sector.  Journal of Regional Science, 61, 775-798. https://doi.org/10.1111/jors.12535 Resumen: This paper examines whether the intensity of nonpharmaceutical interventions (NPIs) during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has differentially impacted the public sector labor market outcomes. This extends the analysis of the already documented negative economic consequences of COVID-19 and their dissimilarities […]