Corrales-Herrero, H., Rodriguez-Prado, B. (2021), «Measuring Youth Living Conditions in Europe: A Multidimensional Cross-Country Approach», Social Indicators Research. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-021-02608-8 Resumen:  Since the onset of the Great Recession, it could be argued that it is the young who have been hardest hit in their living conditions. This paper offers a comprehensive description of youth living conditions and how they evolved during the recession period. To do so, we develop a synthetic index […]

Corrales-Herrero, H., Him Camaño, M., Miranda-Escolar, B. and Ogando Canabal, O. (2021), «Anti-poverty transfers and school attendance: Panama’s Red de Oportunidades», International Journal of Social Economics, Vol. 48 No. 2, pp. 204-220. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJSE-05-2020-0336 Resumen: Purpose: The purpose of this paper seeks to gauge the impact of the Red de Oportunidades programme on the school attendance of children from households that participate in the programme. Design/methodology/approach: In order to measure the impact […]

Clemente, J., Lázaro-Alquézar, A., & Montañés, A. (2019). US State health expenditure convergence: A revisited analysis. Economic Modelling, 83, 210-220. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econmod.2019.02.011 Resumen: This paper studies the evolution of US state health expenditure for a sample that covers 1966–2014. Our results provide evidence against the existence of a single pattern of behavior of personal health care expenditure across the US states. Rather, we can observe the existence of two statistically different convergence clubs. We […]

Clemente, J., Lázaro-Alquézar, A., & Montañés, A. (2019). Convergence in Spanish Public health expenditure: Has the decentralization process generated disparities?. Health Policy, 123(5), 503-507. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2019.03.003 Resumen: This study examines the per capita public health expenditures among the Spanish regions. To that end, we employ the database elaborated by the BBVA Fundation and IVIE (2013) which covers the years 1991–2010. We first test for the null hypothesis of convergence by employing the […]

Baños, J. F., Rodriguez-Alvarez, A., & Suarez-Cano, P. (2019). The efficiency of public employment services: a matching frontiers approach. Applied Economic Analysis. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEA-06-2019-0006 Resumen: Purpose: This paper aims to model the efficiency of labour offices belonging to the public employment services (PESs) in Spain using a stochastic matching frontier approach. Design/methodology/approach: With this aim in mind, the authors apply a random parameter model approach to control for observed and unobserved […]

Mussida, C., & Parisi, M. L. (2020). Features of personal income inequality before and during the crisis: an analysis of Italian regions. Regional Studies, 54(4), 472-482. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2019.1624711 Resumen: This paper gives extensive evidence about disposable income inequality inside the regions of Italy and its associated population features. It explores whether the Great Recession changed income inequality within or between regions. Inequality appears largely to be a within-region problem, particularly in […]

Iriondo, I. (2020). Evaluation of the impact of Erasmus study mobility on salaries and employment of recent graduates in Spain. Studies in Higher Education, 45(4), 925-943. https://doi.org/10.1080/03075079.2019.1582011 Resumen: Little empirical literature assessing the impact of Erasmus study program on graduate career prospects exists. All too often, the empirical evidence available is either bias or indirect. Furthermore, the existing differences among study mobility participants and non-participant peers in terms of ability, […]

Título: Medición del Trabajo Decente en México Autora: Rocío Nirari Arredondo Botello Directores: María Ángeles Davia Rodríguez y Rogelio Varela Llamas Universidad: Universidad de Castilla-la Mancha y Universidad Autónoma de Baja California Fecha de defensa:  26 de Noviembre de 2020 Calificación: Sobresaliente Cum Laude Resumen: El objetivo de la presente investigación es analizar los determinantes y la dinámica del Trabajo Decente en México en el período de 2006 a 2019. […]

Carrasco Carpio, C., García‐Serrano, C., & Hernanz, V. (2020). Work Trajectories of Female and Male Immigrants in Spain. International Migration, 58(3), 235-257 https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.12636 Resumen: This article aims to examine in depth the work trajectories of individuals over time, in order to provide a wider perspective of the employment history of immigrants compared to native people, by gender and for more than one decade (2005–2017) in Spain. We use microdata (cohort […]

Arranz, J. M., & García-Serrano, C. (2020). Does unemployment benefit duration affect inflows into unemployment? The impact of a law change for older workers. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 17, 100278. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2020.100278 Resumen: This article examines whether changes in the potential duration of unemployment benefits influence the entry of older workers into unemployment insurance. The analysis is based on a law change to the benefit rules which occurred […]