Los dos objetivos de este trabajo son medir las ganancias de calidad de las que se ha beneficiado el automovil en España en los ultimos años y estimar el sesgo de calidad del indice de precios del automovil publicado por el INE. Para ello, proponemos una metodologia alternativa para la...

(resumen en la version española: 'Mejoras de calidad e indices de precios del automovil en España')

This paper develops a theory of optimal fertility behavior under mortality shocks. In an OLG model, young adults determine their optimal fertility, labor supply and life-cycle consumption with both exogenous child and adult mortality risks. We show that a rise in adult mortality exerts an...

This paper extends the standard neoclassical model by considering a technology sector through which an economy with limited human capital attempts to catch up with a given "locomotive" pushing exogenously technical progress. In periods of technological stagnation, economies close enough to the...