Casado-Díaz, J. M., Simón-Albert, R., & Simón, H. (2023). Gender Differences in Commuting: New Evidence from Spain. Social Indicators Research, 1-35. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-023-03183-w Resumen: This article examines the origins of the shorter commutes typically observed for women, a phenomenon that contributes to the poorer work outcomes they typically suffer. The analysis extends previous research on the gender gap in commuting by using econometric decomposition techniques that are novel in this field […]

Blázquez, M., Herrarte, A., & Moro-Egido, A. I. (2023). Gender differences in the effect of teleworking on job loss during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. Economics & Human Biology, 101299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ehb.2023.101299 Resumen:  This paper analyzes gender differences regarding the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic on the likelihood of job loss, differentiating between employment transitions towards unemployment, inactivity and furlough schemes, and the role that teleworking may have had as a protector of job loss […]

Nguyen, T. T. T., Pham, B. T., & Sala, H. (2023). World uncertainty and national fiscal balances. Journal of Applied Economics, 26(1), 2242110. https://doi.org/10.1080/15140326.2023.2242110 Resumen: The Great Recession and the COVID-19 pandemic shared two of its critical macroeconomic consequences: a major increase in world uncertainty and great stress on public finances. In this paper, we show that not only these are not independent phenomena but, on the contrary, world economic […]

Córcoles, D., Díaz-Mora, C., Gandoy, R., & Triguero, Á. (2023). The role of servitization in international entrepreneurship: An analysis for Spanish manufacturing firms. Journal of International Entrepreneurship, 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10843-023-00335-4 Resumen: In the context of international entrepreneurship, the aim of this study is to explore the relationship between servitization and export behavior in manufacturing firms. This relationship would be an example of international entrepreneurship where firms produce and sell both manufactures […]

Addessi, W., & Etzo, I. (2023). International immigration and final consumption expenditure composition. Review of World Economics, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10290-023-00501-9 Resumen:  Focusing on EU countries, we analyze the influence of immigration flows on the demand for different aggregate categories of final consumption goods. Using the cross-country heterogeneity in immigration flows and preference structures, we find that when people move from a country to another, the sectoral preferences characterizing the origin country […]

Título: Non-standard employment among young people in the European Union: precariousness, multiple jobholding and unpaid overtime.   Autor: Guillermo Orfao e Vale Tabernero.   Directores: Alberto del Rey Poveda y Miguel Ángel Malo Ocaña   Universidad: Universidad de Salamanca.   Fecha de defensa: 5 de junio de 2023.   ABSTRACT This doctoral thesis sets out to analyse the precariousness of employment among young people in EU-28 member states following the Great Recession. […]

Porras‐Arena, M. S., & Martín‐Román, Á. L. (2023). The correlation between unemployment and economic growth in Latin America–Okun’s law estimates by country. International Labour Review, 162(2), 171-198. https://doi.org/10.1111/ilr.12398 Resumen:  The authors question the validity of Okun’s law in Latin America in this paper. Based on several econometric models, they show that fluctuations in economic activity have a lesser impact on unemployment rates in Latin American countries than in other, more […]

Garcia-Clemente, J., Rubino, N., & Congregado, E. (2023). Reemployment premium effect of furlough programs: evaluating Spain’s scheme during the COVID-19 crisis. Journal for Labour Market Research, 57(1), 17. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12651-023-00343-w Resumen:  This paper presents an average treatment effect analysis of Spain’s furlough program during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Using 2020 labour force quarterly microdata, we construct a counterfactual made of comparable nonfurloughed individuals who lost their jobs and apply […]

Arranz, J. M., & García-Serrano, C. (2023). Assistance benefits and unemployment outflows of the elderly unemployed: The impact of a law change. The Journal of the Economics of Ageing, 100466. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jeoa.2023.100466 Resumen:  This article examines the impact of a law change in benefit rules on the exit of older workers out of the unemployment benefits system. This change occurred in Spain in July 2012, when the age to become eligible […]

Palencia-Esteban, A., & Salas-Rojo, P. (2023). Intergenerational Mobility and Life Satisfaction in Spain. In Mobility and Inequality Trends (Vol. 30, pp. 109-137). Emerald Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1049-258520230000030004   Resumen: This chapter explores the relation between personal well-being – measured with life satisfaction – and intergenerational mobility in Spain (2017). We start by applying machine learning techniques to overcome traditional data limitations and estimate intergenerational income mobility. Then, by means of several […]