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Are women breaking the glass ceiling? : a gendered analysis of the duration of sick leave in Spain
Martín-Román, Ángel L.; Moral de Blas, Alfonso; … - 2022
We study the gender gap in the duration of sick leave in Spain by splitting this duration into two types of days … reasons) compared to men. However, when estimating individuals' efficiency as the ratio between actual and standard durations …
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Self-employment and Okun's law relationship : the Spanish case
Porras, Sylvina; Martín-Román, Ángel L. - 2017
(rolling-window) for the autonomous communities in Spain (1981-2013) showing significant regional differences as well as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012129903
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R&D, embodied technological change and employment : evidence from Spain
Pellegrino, Gabriele; Piva, Mariacristina; Vivarelli, Marco - 2018
In this work, we test the employment impact of distinct types of innovative investments using a representative sample of Spanish manufacturing firms over the period 2002-2013. Our GMM-SYS estimates generate various results, which are partially in contrast with the extant literature. Indeed,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131229
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A measure of well-being efficiency based on the World Happiness Report
Sarracino, Francesco; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
We propose a measure of well-being efficiency to assess countries' ability to transform inputs into subjective well … sample of 126 countries. Efficiency scores reveal that high ranking subjective well-being countries, such as the Nordics, are … not strictly the most efficient ones. Also, the scores are uncorrelated with economic efficiency. This means that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013164102
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Unionised dockworkers and port ownership structure in an international oligopoly
Cigno, Alessandro - 2023
In an international duopoly with two markets and two ports, this paper investigates the role of dockworkers unionisation in affecting welfare outcomes under public and private ports, as well as in determining the endogenous choice by governments of port ownership structure. While private ports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014340124
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The births of new private-owned enterprises in an environment of state-owned enterprises
Zhao, Zhong; Liang, Zheng - 2023
The impact of the incumbent state-owned enterprises (SOEs) on the births of new private-owned enterprises (POEs) in China is a central concern for the government and society. In this paper, we apply agglomeration theories to distinguish the linkages between SOEs and POEs. Using China's 2008...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014306821
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Act early to prevent infections and save lives : causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic
Chen, Simiao; Jin, Zhangfeng; Vollmer, Sebastian; … - 2021
This paper examines the causal impact of diagnostic efficiency on the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Using an instrumental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012619669
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Sometimes your best just ain't good enough : the worldwide evidence on subjective well-being efficiency
Nikolova, Milena; Popova, Olga - 2020
influence the conversion efficiency. Using data on 91 countries from 2009-2014, we find that that well-being efficiency gains …-time employment are associated with lower 'subjective well-being efficiency,' while social support, freedom, and the rule of law … checks and raise policy-relevant questions about the appropriate instruments to improve subjective well-being efficiency. …
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The varying impact of COVID-19 in the Spanish labor market
Cabanillas-Jiménez, Guillermo; Galanakis, Yannis - 2022
Historically, the Spanish labor market has been quite unstable. The unexpected arrival of COVID-19 in 2020 has stressed these vulnerabilities. In this paper, we analyze the immediate impact of the pandemic on Spanish labor market outcomes. We find that, during the lockdown period, individuals...
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Pandemic buying : Covid-19 and purchasing behaviour of French households
Lorey, Thierry; Mughal, Mazhar; Javed, Muhammad Rashid - 2022
the subsequent weeks of the lockdown. We found these time trends to be similar to those observed in Italy and Spain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013259447