it the Great Recession), but the Australian economy appears to be powering ahead. It is a miracle economy! Unlike most of … economy compared to some of the OECD countries and see that, in fact, Australia has a "miracle economy". The comparisons are …

shocks in the labor market that make dropping out more attractive. -- high-school dropout ; housing boom ; Spain …

This paper analyzes the strikingly different response of unemployment to the Great Recession in France and Spain. Their … France, unemployment rate has increased by 2 percentage points, whereas in Spain it has shot up to 19% by the end of 2009. We … contracts and the less restrictive rules regarding the use of the latter contracts in Spain. Using a calibrated search and …

This article analyzes changes in the occupational employment share in Spain for the period 1997-2012 and the way … explain the polarization process in Spain during the years of expansion (1997-2007) but it is a minor factor during the …

We study the effect of the cycle on the health of newborn babies using 30 years of birth-certificate data for Spain. We …

economic crisis. Spain is also a country which is characterised by a very high percentage of homeownership, with more than 83 …

This paper estimates an unobserved components model to explore the macro dynamics of entrepreneurship in Spain and the … fluctuations have persistent effects on the natural rate of entrepreneurship. We find evidence of hysteresis in Spain, but not the …

The aim of this paper is to evaluate various aspects of a family friendly law (Act 39/99) approved in Spain in 1999 …