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Sobre "clase y explotación" en la corriente principal de la economía
Recently a number of articles have appeared in the mainstream that deal with the economy in terms of class and exploitation. This paper sets out two of them in a simplified maner and explains why they may be of interest ...
Indicators and evaluation tools for the assessment of urban sustainability
This paper attempts to provide an explanation of why reductionistic approaches are not adequate to tackle the urban sustainability issue in a consistent way. Concepts such as urban environmental carrying capacity and ...
The Private and fiscal returns to schooling and the effect of public policies on private incentives to invest in education : a general framework and some results for the EU
This paper develops a comprehensive framework for the quantitative analysis of the private and fiscal returns to schooling and of the effect of public policies on private incentives to invest in education. This framework ...
La PESC y la PESD en la Constitución europea : principales novedades
A pesar de las prerrogativas de los Estados en materia de política de seguridad y de defensa, y las dudas sobre lo poco "común" que pueda ser la política exterior y de seguridad de la Unión, la realidad es que, junto con ...
Does the winner take it all?: redistributive policies and political extremism
Altres ajuts: Barcelona GSE-(Seed Grant SG2018-07)
El Moviment Olímpic i el medi ambient
El medi ambient és un dels reptes més importants del segle XXI. La conservació dels recursos naturals i la qualitat de l'aigua, l'aire, els sòls i els ecosistemes naturals o construïts és una condició bàsica per garantir ...
The influence of the quality of government institutions on entrepreneurial motivation : exploring the variance across countries
Despite the increasing understanding of the relationships between institutions and entrepreneurship, the influence of the quality of government institutions on entrepreneurship is less addressed. This paper focuses on this ...
One money, many markets : a factor model approach to monetary policy in the euro area with high-frequency identification
We reconsider the effects of common monetary policy shocks across countries in the euro area, using a data-rich factor model and identifying shocks with high-frequency surprises around policy announcements. We show that ...
The missing link in key sectors analysis
In general terms key sectors analysis aims at identifying the role, or impact, that the existence of a productive sector has in the economy. Quite a few measures, indicators and methodologies of varied complexity have been ...
The Olympic Movement and Information Society : New Internet Challenges and Opportunities
Article describing the current situation of the Internet, the use of Internet by sport institutions, and the relationship between the Internet and the Olympic Games, and the Olympic Movement. This paper was presented at ...
Estudio exploratorio sobre los centenarios en la ciudad de Barcelona
Per encàrrec de l'Institut Municipal de la Salut, els autors portaren a terme un estudi exploratori sobre la població de centenaris de la ciutat de Barcelona. El treball es realitzà partint de les dades del Padró Municipal ...
Campesinos o terratenientes? la política agraria del franquismo y el acceso a la propiedad en el Delta del Ebro
A partir de 1940 el Instituto Nacional de Colonización (INC) desarrolló en la antigua zona marítimo-terrestre del hemidelta derecho del Ebro un proyecto de colonización que tuvo como objetivo transformar unas tierras, ...
Collaboration strategies and technological innovation : a contractual perspective of the relationship between firms and techonological centers
In this paper, a theoretical framework for analyzing the selection of governance structures for implementing collaboration agreements between firms and Technological Centers is presented and empirically discussed. This ...
On the design of a European unemployment insurance system
We assess the benefits of a potential European Unemployment Insurance System (EUIS) using a multi-country dynamic general equilibrium model with labour market frictions. Our calibration provides a novel diagnosis of the ...
L'Evolució del vot dual a Catalunya
El principal valor afegit d'aquest treball rau en la troballa de que la valoració dels candidats a la presidència de la Generalitat és la variable que té més importància a l'hora d'explicar la propensió d'un català a emetre ...
Teaching styles and achievement : student and teacher perspectives
Using data from a Spanish assessment program of fourth-grade pupils, we analyze to what extent using certain teaching practices and materials in class is related to achievement in maths and reading. We distinguish using ...
Limited liability and mechanism design in procurement
In the presence of cost uncertainty, limited liability introduces the possibility of default in procurement with its associated bank-ruptcy costs. When financial soundness is not perfectly observable, we show that incentive ...
