This paper tests hysteresis effects in unemployment using panel data for 19 OECD countries covering the period 1956-2001. The tests exploit the cross-section variations of the series, and additionally, allow for a different number of endogenous breakpoints in the unemployment series. The...

In this paper we consider a multi-criteria game model which allows interactions between players. The problem addressed is considered as a cooperative game in order to achieve consensus solutions which are evaluated with respect to several criteria simultaneously. The main idea consists of...

This paper examines movements into and out of employment in the Spanish labor market throughout the nineties. We analize how differences in personal and economic circumstances influence such movements. In addition, we consider the importance of duration dependence in determining them. Our main...

La imposición sobre las transmisiones gratuitas de riqueza ha venido aplicando un tratamiento muy similar, especialmente en lo referente a la tarifa del impuesto, a las transmisiones "mortis causa" y aquellas otras realizadas "inter vivos". No obstante, las particularidades que concurren en...

El objetivo fundamental de este trabajo es analizar la evolución de la productividad aparente del trabajo y la incidencia que, sobre ésta, ha tenido la productividad sectorial y la estructura y especialización productiva en Andalucía para el periodo 1980-2000, comparándola con el conjunto...

The optimal capacity and location of a sequence of landfills are studied, and the interactions between both decisions are pointed out. Deciding the capacity of a landfill has some spatial implications, because it effects the feasible region for the rest of the landfills, and some temporal...

We study the use of permanent and temporary contracts across Spanish regions during the period 1995-2001. First we show that there are significant differences among the regional rates of permanent employment and that these differences tend to persist over time. To understand the underlying...

Due to legislation changes during the Nineties, the Spanish Port System has gone through a series of changes that, simultaneous with a period of economic expansion and generalized marine traffic growth, have affected the Port System's composition and organization. The gradual transformations...

This paper presents evidence on a non-linear "inflation-relative prices variability" relationship in three Latin American countries with very high inflation experiences: Argentina, Brazil and Peru. More precisely, and in contrast to results found in previous literature for similar countries, we...

Residence-based public education systems promote income segregation across neighborhoods or school districts (e.g. Epple and Romano, 2002). It has been argued that allowing private schools to enter the market may reduce the levels of income segregation because private education severs the link...