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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. […]

Escudero-Castillo, I., Mato Díaz, F. J., & Rodriguez-Alvarez, A. (2022). Effects of precarious work on mental health: evidence from Spain. Applied Economics, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2098241 Resumen: Given that a relationship has been established between employment status and psychological well-being, the deepening segmentation of the Spanish labour market may be putting the mental health of part of the population at risk. However, the relationship between work and well-being could be influenced by […]

Arranz, J. M., & García-Serrano, C. (2022). La evaluación del impacto de las políticas públicas: el caso de las políticas del mercado de trabajo. Papeles de Economía Española, (172), 139-171. https://www.funcas.es/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/PEE_172_Jos%C3%A9-M.-ARRANZ.pdf Resumen: El objetivo de este artículo es doble. Por un lado, se revisan algunos estudios que han utilizado los métodos disponibles para evaluar el impacto de las políticas públicas en el mercado de trabajo en España. Por otro lado, […]

Chiappori, P.-A., Gimenez-Nadal, J.I., Molina, J.A. and J. Velilla (2022). Household labor supply: Collective evidence in developed countries. In Handbook in Labor, Human Resources and Population Economics (K.F. Zimmermann, Ed.). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-57365-6_271-1 Resumen: This chapter reviews applied research on household collective labor supply, to show some empirical results in developed countries. The collective model of household labor supply is summarized, in which spouses allocate their resources so that they […]

How does intrahousehold bargaining power impact labor supply? European cross-country evidence Ignacio Belloc, José Alberto Molina, Jorge Velilla Full text: https://ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/glodps/1132.html This paper was awarded the Luis Toharia grant for young researchers in labour economics (V edition)   The study of the family was first addressed many years ago (Aristotle, Politics, Book 1, Part 2, according to Browning et al., 2014). However, it was as a result of the work of […]

Título: Three empirical essays on daily residence-work mobility and labor market areas  Autor: Raquel Simón Albert  Directores: José Manuel Casado e Hipólito Simón  Universidad: Universidad de Alicante  Fecha de defensa: 24 de mayo de 2022  Calificación: Sobresaliente Cum Laude  Resumen:  In view of the economic and social transcendence of a region’s labour market on its competitiveness, the quality of life of its citizens, its economic evolution or its level of […]

“The effect of a university degree in English on international labor mobility” by Samuel Nocito Published in Labour Economics, Volume 68, January 2021, 101943  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2020.101943 This paper was awarded the Lluís Fina Award (XI edition) Paper Summary: European Union priorities for 2020 include fostering education and labor mobility to stimulate youth employment at home and abroad (European Commission, 2011). Yet, while the link between studying abroad and international labor mobility is widely recognized (Oosterbeek and […]

Autor: Raquel Simón Albert Directores: José Manuel Casado e Hipólito Simón Universidad: Universidad de Alicante Fecha de defensa: 24 de mayo de 2022 Calificación: Sobresaliente Cum Laude Resumen:  In view of the economic and social transcendence of a region’s labour market on its competitiveness, the quality of life of its citizens, its economic evolution or its level of resilience to external shocks and fluctuations, this thesis focuses on analysing the employment situation of those groups […]

Pinillos-Franco, S., & Kawachi, I. (2022). Hostile attitudes toward immigrants and refugees are associated with poor self-rated health. Analysis of 21 European countries. Social Science & Medicine, 301, 114969. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114969 Resumen: BackgroundPrevious studies found that individuals who harbor hostile attitudes toward immigrants & refugees tend to vote for far right nationalist parties, and that the same individuals also tend to report worse health status. We sought to test these associations […]