García-Mainar, I., Green, C.P. and Navarro-Paniagua, M. (2018): The effect of permanent employment on absenteeism: Evidence from labor reform in Spain, ILR Review, 71 (2), 525-549.  Abstract Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment protection on effort, though the effects appear too small to generate […]

Blázquez, M., Herrarte, A. and Llorente-Heras, R. (2018): Competencies, occupational status and earnings among European university graduates, Economics of Education Review, 62, 16-34. Abstract While the effect of education and experience on labour market outcomes has been widely studied, the literature that analyses the influence of human capital competencies (talents, skills, and capabilities) is still relatively scarce. Using cross-sectional data from the REFLEX Project, we investigate the effect of personal […]

Moral, A. and Martín Román, Á. (2017): A methodologycal proposal to evaluate the cost of duration moral hazard in workplace accident insuarance, The European Journal of Health Economics, 18 (9), 1181-1198. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-017-0878-6 Abstract The cost of duration moral hazard in workplace accident insurance has been amply explored by North-American scholars. Given the current context of financial constraints in public accounts, and particularly in the Social Security system, we feel that […]

Del Rey, E., Racionero, M. and Silva, J.I. (2017): On the effect of parental leave duration on unempoyment and wages, Economic Letters, 158,14-17. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econlet.2017.06.029 Abstract We introduce parental leave policies in a labor search and matching model and study the effect of leave duration on unemployment and wages. We show that the effects are ambiguous and depend on whether the net benefit of the leave for the worker relative to […]

Silva, J.I. and Vall, J. (2017): Partial disability and labor market adjustment: The case of Spain, Labour Economics, 48, 23-34.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2017.05.012 Abstract Although partially disabled individuals in Spain are allowed to combine disability benefits with a job, the empirical evidence shows that the employment rate of this group of individuals is very low because they have much lower job finding and higher job separation rates than nondisabled workers. Moreover, a […]

Escudero, V. Kühn, S. López Mourelo, E. and Tobin, S. (2017): Youth labour market prospects and recent policy developments, in Malo, M.Á. and Moreno Mínguez, A. (Eds.) European Youth Labour Markets: Problems and Policies, 7-26, Springer, Cham. Abstract Youth continue to face important labour market challenges today, often significantly greater than their adult counterparts. While unemployment rates have fallen in recent years, long-term unemployment remains persistently high as does the […]

López-Mourelo, E. and Samaan, D. (2017): Can labor provisions in trade agreements promote gender equality? Empirical evidence from Cambodia, Review of Development Economics, DOI: 10.111/rode.12347 Abstract In recent years, an increasing number of regional and bilateral trade agreements have emerged that include provisions on labor standards. The claimed purpose of these labor provisions is to improve working conditions in developing and emerging economies. However, little is known about whether such […]

Dueñas Fernández, D., Iglesias Fernández, C. y Llorente Heras, R. (2017): Análisis de las transiciones laborales en España: The (bad) gap is coming back, Cuadernos de Economía, 40 (114). Resumen Utilizando la Encuesta de flujos de población activa, se presenta una metodología para obtener la tasa de paro entre 2005 y 2015 mediante el  cálculo de las transiciones laborales de hombres y mujeres. Los  resultados demuestran: 1) que las tasas de paro han […]

Iglesias Fernández, C. y Llorente Heras, R. (2017) “Inmigración de alta cualificación y su impacto en el mercado laboral en Europa”, en: “La inmigración en el ojo del huracán”, Arango, J. Mahía, R., Moya, D. y Sánchez-Montijano, E. (dir.): Anuario CIDOB de la Inmigración 2017. Resumen La inmigración de alta cualificación reviste actualmente una creciente importancia y, dadas sus características específicas y su posible posición estratégica en los procesos de […]

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