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This paper investigates a timing game in a mixed duopoly, whereby a relatively inefficient state-owned firm maximizing the linear combination of its profit and social welfare competes against a relatively efficient, profit-maximizing private firm over the timing of entry. We find that the...
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Young workers in Spain face the unprecedented impact of the Great Recession and the COVID-19 crisis in short sequence …
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Internship contracts (ICs) were designed as a stepping stone for educated young workers to develop their professional skills upon graduation. Such contracts incentivise employment creation, as firms benefit from lower wages and tax reductions, but at the same time, firms are expected to develop...
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policy, in particular the short-time work policy (ERTE) in Spain. …
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It is well known that German and Spanish labour markets are quite different from a macro point of view. In this paper, we look at these markets through the lenses of individual unstable spells. These include all forms of atypical employment (such as temporary contracts and mini-jobs) as well as...
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Over the past decades, Spain has seen a striking convergence between women’s and men’s participation in the labour …
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Using a regression discontinuity design and primary elections to select Spanish Socialist Party (PSOE) mayoral candidates as a case study, this paper investigates the causal link between primary elections and electoral outcomes. The results suggest that selecting the PSOE’s mayoral candidate...
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are important in accounting for aggregate fluctuations in Spain. The model is estimated with Bayesian techniques and data …
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