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Cognitive skills and the LOGSE reform in Spain : evidence from PIAAC

Robles-Zurita, José A. - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 8 (2017) 4, pp. 401-415

We use data from the Spanish sample of the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies to analyze the effect of the LOGSE (Spanish acronym for General Law of the Education System) reform passed in 1990 on numeracy and literacy proficiency of the adult population. The LOGSE...

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Improving Employment Prospects for Young Workers in Spain

Wölfl, Anita - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

low levels of education. There are two crucial policy priorities to improve employment prospects for youth in Spain. First … Paper relates to the 2012 OECD Economic Survey of Spain (www.oecd.org/eco/surveys/spain).<P>Améliorer les perspectives d …

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The Transition from Vocational Education to Work : Evidence from Spain

Lopez-Mayan, Cristina; Nicodemo, Catia - 2015

This paper analyzes, for the first time, the transition from vocational education to the first job in Spain using a …, a mandatory module in Spain, although it can be validated with previous job experience. Applying duration techniques …

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The dynamics of international migration: Introduction

Stark, Oded - In: International Review of Economics and Finance 28 (2013), pp. 1-2

This special issue of the International Review of Economics and Finance contributes to the received literature of the dynamics of international migration by highlighting the role of tradition in propelling migration; by admitting that the human capital formation response to the prospect of...

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Split or straight? : evidence of the effects of work schedules on workers' well-being, time use, and productivity

González Chapela, Jorge - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 6 (2015) 2, pp. 153-177

About half of all employees in Spain are on a daytime split work schedule, i.e. they typically work for 5 h in the …

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Gender gaps in Spain : policies and outcomes over the last three decades

Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez Marcos, Virginia - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 5 (2014) 1, pp. 61-103

We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in the …

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Commuting time and labour supply : a causal effect?

Giménez, José Ignacio; Molina, José Alberto - 2011

We analyze the causal effect of the length of the worker's commute on worker's productivity, by examining whether commuting time has any effect on worker's labour market supply. Using the Spanish Time Use Survey 2002-03, our GMM/IV estimation yields a positive causal impact of commuting time on...

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Gender gaps in Spain : policies and outcomes over the last three decades

Guner, Nezih; Kaya, Ezgi; Sánchez Marcos, Virginia - 2012

We document recent trends in gender equality in employment and wages in Spain. Despite an impressive decline in gender … longer term effects. It was also a period during which Spain received a large number of immigrants, which had a positive …

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Commuting Time and Labour Supply : A Causal Effect?

Giménez, José Ignacio - 2011

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The Impact of Women's Educational and Economic Resources on Fertility. Spanish Birth Cohorts 1901-1950

Camps, Enriqueta - 2007

In this chapter we portray the effects of female education and professional achievement on fertility decline in Spain … the interruption of the Civil War) and had a significant impact in shaping a model of low fertility in Spain. We also …

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