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 […]

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 […]

Llorente, R. Employment Policies in the Services Sector. In Elgar Encyclopedia of Services. Edward Elgar Publishing Limited. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781802202595.Employment.Policies.in   Nuestra compañera Raquel Llorente ha sido invitada como experta en economía laboral para contribuir en la Encyclopedia of Services con un capítulo sobre las políticas de empleo en el sector servicios.

Martín-Román, Á. L., Moral, A., & Pinillos-Franco, S. (2023). Are women breaking the glass ceiling? A gendered analysis of the duration of sick leave in Spain. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 1-28. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10754-023-09351-2 Resumen: We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days – those which are related to biological characteristics and those derived from […]

Mato-Díaz, F. J., & Escudero-Castillo, I. (2023). Lost in transition? Young graduates’ employment after internships in public and private organisations. Journal of Youth Studies, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/13676261.2023.2201420   Resumen: Active labour market policies for young people, backed by the EU Youth Guarantee programme, led governments to trying new measures, amongst them internships for graduates of different education levels. This youth, despite being better prepared than early school leavers, still face problems […]

López-Tamayo, J., Ramos, R., & Royuela, V. (2023). Wage flexibility and employment resilience in the Spanish labour market over the Great Recession. Regional Studies, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2179613   Resumen: The Spanish economy is characterized by significant and persistent regional disparities. The Great Recession caused a severe economic downturn, marked by declining wages and rising unemployment, influenced by the internal wage devaluation policies. We investigate the relationship between wage flexibility and regional […]