The first aim of this paper is to analyse the main tendencies in employment and regional labour productivity in the Spanish hospitality sector in the period 1987-2004. A second purpose is to analyse the main determinants of sectoral labour productivity. The estimation of an augmented production...

In the theory of economy, goods are often split into necessity goods (necessities), which must be purchased for daily life, and luxury goods, which satisfy other needs such as those attributable to social status. Many researches deal with the problem of health-care services – some proved that...

Free patient mobility among autonomous providers has been often considered an effective stimulus for enhancing healthcare. However, some jurisdictions may underperform due to the existence of economies of scale and spatial spillovers. Where regions assume the costs of providing care to...