Di Paolo, A., Matas, A. and Raymond, J.L. (2016): Job accessibility and job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona, Papers in Regional Science. DOI: 10.1111/pirs.12179. Abstract This paper analyses the effect of job accessibility on job-education mismatch in the metropolitan area of Barcelona with regard to both public and private transport. Transit accessibility is defined in terms of the spatial distribution of employment relative to travel time by public transport, […]

Nieto, S. and Ramos, R. (2016): Overeducation, skills and wage penalti: Evidence for Spain using PIAAC data, Social Indicators Research. DOI: 10.1007/s11205-016-1423-1. Abstract The literature on educational mismatches finds that overeducated workers suffer a wage penalty compared with properly educated workers with the same level of education. Recent literature also suggests that individuals’ skill heterogeneity could explain wage differences between overeducated and properly matched workers. The hypothesis is that overeducated […]

Agudelo, S. and Sala, H. (2016): Wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry, Economics of Transition, 24 (1), 99-134. Abstract We show that wage setting in the Colombian manufacturing industry is not fundamentally driven by labour productivity in contrast to the standard theoretical prediction. On the contrary, internal institutional arrangements – payroll taxation, the minimum wage or the price wedge between manufacturing and consumption prices – together with a higher […]

Simón, H., Sanromá, E. and Ramos, R. (2016): Full- and part-time wage differences in Spain: An analysis along the wage distribution, International Journal of  Manpower.   Abstract This research examines wage differences between part-time and full-time workers using microdata from the Spanish Structure of Earnings Survey. The main contribution of the paper is related to the analysis of differences along the wage distribution using econometric decomposition methods and introducing a […]

Ramos, R., Sanromá, E, and Simón, H. (2016): The part-time wage penalty: Does bargaining coverage outweight regional differences in Spain?, The Economic and Labour Relations Review,  http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1035304616659984   Highlights We study the public sector wage gap in Spain using administrative records We find a significant wage premium for men and women even after accounting for characteristics and endogenous selection We document substantial variation in the premium along the wage distribution […]

Hospido, L. and Moral-Benito, E. (2016): The Public Sector Wage Premium in Spain: Evidence from Longitudinal Administrative Data, Labour Economics, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.labeco.2016.08.001   Highlights We study the public sector wage gap in Spain using administrative records We find a significant wage premium for men and women even after accounting for characteristics and endogenous selection We document substantial variation in the premium along the wage distribution once observed characteristics are accounted for […]

Clemente, J., Larramona, G. y Olmos, L. (2016): ‘Interregional migration and thresholds: evidence from Spain’, Spatial Economic Analysis, DOI:10.1080/17421772.2016.1153706 Abstract We analyse the effects of labour market factors on interregional migration in Spain for the period 1988–2010. A basic theoretical framework is developed, suggesting that the effect of labour market variables on migration varies, depending on a certain threshold. The model implications are tested using a new approach based on […]

Cebrián, I. y Moreno, G. (2015): ‘The Effects of Gender Differences in Career Interruptions on the Gender Wage Gap in Spain’, Feminist Economics, 21 (4), 1-27.   Abstract:The aim of this paper is to measure the influence of past employment interruptions on current wages and to analyze how these interruptions contribute to the gender wage gap. The discontinuity in labor trajectories of Spanish employees from 2005 to 2010 is examined […]

Las reformas laborales en la Gran Recesión Editorial Tirant lo Blanch   ISBN13:9788491193227    Desde la década que arranca en el año 1980 vivimos un periodo de transformaciones continuas e intensas en el ámbito de las relaciones sociales y económicas a lo largo y ancho del planeta. Y el marco de relaciones laborales no iba a ser menos. Así se ha desarrollado, y se desarrolla, una intensa cabalgata de reformas […]

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