Economia: Enviaments recents
Ara mostrant els elements 21-40 de 1045
The effect of regional factors on energy poverty
Within the framework of EU policies and measures to develop a just and fair green energy transition model. This paper aims to offer valuable insights into a paramount concern not so well debated in the literature, i.e. the ...
Ambulatory and hospital care of glaucoma in Spain and associated medical costs
This study aimed to analyze the impact of glaucoma in ambulatory centers and hospitals in Spain over the past decade, in terms of incidence and medical costs.
Measuring the negative externalities of a private leisure activity: hooligans and pickpockets around the stadium
Given the recent increase observed in crime related to football matches, we determine the extent to which this private leisure activity is responsible for negative crime externalities. We conduct an Exploratory Spatial ...
Business taxes and the electoral cycle
The purpose of this paper is to assess whether the timing of elections affects tax policy choices. To do so, we exploit information on the German local business tax which is set autonomously by German municipalities. As ...
EMU sovereign debt market crisis: Fundamentals-based or pure contagion?
We empirically investigate whether the transmission of the recent crisis in euro area sovereign debt markets was due to fundamentals-based or pure contagion. To do so, we examine the behaviour of EMU sovereign bond yield ...
Constitutions as incomplete social contracts
Besides sharing a common cultural background, Italy and Spain also share a similar institutional framework. Both are unitary states in the European Union that have devolved responsibilities of mandatory services to be ...
Do public works programmes foster climate resilience? Conceptual framework and review of empirical evidence
Public works programmes (PWPs) are pervasively used to tackle poverty and unemployment, and to build infrastructure and skills in low- and middle-income countries. While their impacts on poverty, food security and labour ...
Education, migration and job satisfaction: The regional returns of human capital in the EU
The paper looks at the link between human capital and regional economic performance in the EU. Using indicators of educational stock, the matching of educational supply and labour demand, and migration extracted from the ...
Modelling adult skills in OECD countries
Research in the social sciences has focused extensively on the relationship between family background, educational attainment and social destination, on the one hand, and on the processes of skills creation and skills use, ...
Liah GREENFELD, The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2001 [Ressenya de llibre]
Ressenya del llibre: Liah GREENFELD, The Spirit of Capitalism: Nationalism and Economic Growth. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, 2001 [Ressenya de llibre]
Does foreign ownership promote environmental protection? Evidence from firm‑level data
This paper examines the role played by foreign ownership as a determinant of the environmental behaviour of Spanish manufacturing firms. Unlike previous studies, our analysis distinguishes between current expenditure on ...
Barriers to the circular economy in European small and medium‐sized firms
The concept of the circular economy (CE) is currently gaining impetus as a way to move towards sustainable, low‐carbon, resource‐efficient, and competitive economies. However, despite the potential benefits of CE activities, ...
Human Capital Portability and International Student Migration
This paper examines how human capital portability frictions affect the quantity andthe quality of international student migration. Using administrative data on collegeenrolment in Spain, it evaluates a reform that lifted ...
El capital humano en los procesos de automatización: una primera aproximación al caso español
La robotización e introducción de inteligencia artificial en los procesos de producción plantean importantes retos en el mercado laboral. La literatura describe, entre otros efectos, la posibilidad de una destrucción de ...
The effects of the Spanish Housing System on the Settlement Patterns of Immigrants.
Globalisation and its consequent economic restructuring have implications at the local level. At the same time historical paths and traditions, embeddedness of local actors and institutional factors have all become significant ...
Taxation of unhealthy consumption of food and drinks: An updated literature review
By means of a literature review this paper aims at shedding more light on the potentialities of unhealthy food/drink taxation in changing eating patterns and life styles and hence combating the obesity epidemic. One ...
Labor market decisions after motherhood: The case of Barcelona
This article analyses mothers' work decisions and their determinants during the first three years of their children's life, based on data from a survey of 1219 mothers in the Barcelona area during 2020. The factors affecting ...
Income insecurity and mental health in pandemic times
This paper contributes to the literature on the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on mental health by providing novel evidence of its interaction with labor market conditions and the long-term persistence of these effects. ...
Characteristics, comorbidities, and use of healthcare resources of patients with phenylketonuria: a population-based study
Phenylketonuria is a well-known disease, yet the characteristics of the affected population and their use of healthcare resources have not been comprehensively evaluated. Patient characteristics and use of resources are ...
Determinants of energy poverty: Trends in Spain in times of economic change
The debate concerning energy affordability in Europe is more pressing than ever, not solely as an energy issue but also as a broader social concern related to climate change, poverty, and health deprivation. This paper ...
