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Has the economic crisis worsened the work-related stress and mental health of temporary workers in Spain?
Bartoll, Xavier; Gil, Joan; Ramos, Raúl - 2018
This paper analyses the causal effects of temporary employment on work-related stress and mental health before (2006/07) and during the economic crisis (2011/12) and examines whether the economic recession worsened these two health outcomes. To control for selection bias, propensity scores (PS)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011891895
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Understanding the effects of homeownership and regional unemployment levels on migration during the economic crisis in Spain
Palomares-Linares, Isabel; Ham, Maarten van - 2016
economic crisis. Spain is also a country which is characterised by a very high percentage of homeownership, with more than 83 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543200
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Feeling useless : the effect of unemployment on mental health in the Great Recession
Farré, Lídia; Fasani, Francesco; Mueller, Hannes - 2015
This article documents a strong connection between unemployment and mental disorders using data from the Spanish Health Survey. We exploit the collapse of the construction sector to identify the causal effect of job loss. Our results suggest that an increase of the unemployment rate by 10...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011308499
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More alike than different : the Spanish and Irish labour markets before and after the crisis
Agnese, Pablo; Salvador, Pablo F. - 2011
This paper analyses the labour markets of Spain and Ireland, which have experienced a severe downturn in the recent … global crisis as reflected by the largest increases in their unemployment rates among other developed economies. Spain and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009307347
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Two-tier labor markets in the Great Recession : France vs. Spain
Bentolila, Samuel; Cahuc, Pierre; Dolado, Juan J.; Le … - 2010
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009312950
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When credit dries up : job losses in the Great Recession
Bentolila, Samuel; Jansen, Marcel; Jiménez, Gabriel; … - 2013
We use a unique dataset to estimate the impact of a large credit supply shock on employment in Spain. We exploit marked …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010225894
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Labour market reallocation effects of COVID-19 policies in Spain : a tale of two recessions
Díaz, Antonia; Dolado, Juan J.; Jáñez, Álvaro; … - 2023
This paper studies short-time work arrangements (ERTEs) when aggregate risk is partially sector-specific. In Spain, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250592
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Temporary agency work and the Great Recession
Baumgarten, Daniel; Kvasnicka, Michael - 2016
We investigate with German data how the use of temporary agency work has helped establishments to manage the economic and financial crisis in 2008/09. We examine the (regular) workforce development, use of short-time work, and business performance of establishments that made differential use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011458914
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The productivity impact of R&D investment : a comparison between the EU and the US
Castellani, Davide; Piva, Mariacristina; Schubert, Torben; … - 2016
Using data on the US and EU top R&D spenders from 2004 until 2012, this paper investigates the sources of the US/EU productivity gap. We find robust evidence that US firms have a higher capacity to translate R&D into productivity gains (especially in the high-tech industries), and this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011476418
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Neighborhood decline and the economic crisis
Zwiers, Merle; Bolt, Gideon; Ham, Maarten van; Kempen, … - 2014
Neighborhood decline is a complex and multidimensional process. National and regional variation in economic and political structures (including variety in national welfare state arrangements), combined with differences in neighborhood history, development and population composition, makes it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463411