This working paper presents a set of indicators to measure regional trade integration, with a special focus on the case of the European Union. We propose measures of openness, connectedness and integration which are tuned to evaluate not only how these components contribute to the advance of...

This working paper considers the status of care work (especially unpaid work) across the entire African con-tinent. To this end it briefly analyzes the conditions of supply of and demand for these services in different countries, after reviewing some of the demographic and economic...

This working paper proposes an indicator that integrates life expectancy with the demographic structure of the pop ulation for a given society, combining the simple indica tors of mortality and aging. Life expectancy at birth is in-dependent of the demographic structure of the population and is,...

Most studies on the care of dependent people have been at the national level and have focused on formal paid care. The aim of this working paper is to offer a comparative global picture of adult care systems—comprising paid and unpaid care—that have been developed in the different regions of...

Tras recopilar información sobre 166 proyectos de alta velocidad ferroviaria en todo el mundo, este documento de trabajo analiza algunas de las cuestiones empíricas más relevantes relacionadas con el desarrollo que ha tenido en los últimos años este nuevo modo de transporte. El estudio...

Women's share of the job market in Latin America is comparatively low, and employmentbased indicators, especially as regards formal employment, thus furnish little information on the actual distribution of labor and resources in the population as a whole. Of late, time use surveys have been...

Increased internationalization over the past twenty years has meant that labor has become increasingly mobile, and while employment and earnings effects have been extensively analyzed in host and source nations, the implications for firm and industry performance have been largely ignored. This...

Este documento de trabajo analiza las tendencias recientes en las causas de muerte en España a partir de la información suministrada por las tablas de vida de decrementos múltiples. El análisis se extiende al máximo periodo disponible, 1975-2008, y ofrece información de carácter regional....

Esta obra recoge un ciclo de conferencias magistrales en las que el profesor Vicente Salas reflexiona sobre la visibilidad e influencia social adquirida por la gran empresa privada societaria por acciones durante el siglo XX, así como el interés intelectual que ha suscitado su estudio...

Esta obra recoge uno de los ciclos de Conferencias Magistrales que, organizado por la Fundación BBVA, impartió el profesor Francisco Pérez. En sus ponencias, el autor analiza las causas y consecuencias de los grandes cambios económicos y sociales producidos en España durante la segunda...