International migration is maybe the single most e¤ective way to alleviate poverty at a global level. When a given host country allows more immigrants in, this creates costs and bene…ts for that particular country as well as a positive externality for all those (individuals and governments)...

This paper deals with public investment in High Speed Rail (HSR) infrastructure and tries to understand the economic rationale for allocating public money to the construction of new HSR lines. The exam of data on costs and demand shows that the case for investing in HSR requires several...

In this paper we use the methodology developed in de la Fuente and Jimeno (2009) to construct estimates of the private returns to schooling in Spain by region and educational level and to explore the implications of such investment for public finances. Our calculations take into account the...

Public infrastructure investment is usually co-financed by supranational organizations. The selection of projects is supposed to be decided using the information provided by conventional cost-benefit analysis. Nevertheless, we show that the type of institutional design regarding the financing...

Cumplido ya un año desde su aprobación, la reforma laboral de 2010 no parece que vaya a conseguir uno de sus principales objetivos: reducir la alta tasa de temporalidad que caracteriza el mercado de trabajo español. Tampoco lo habían conseguido las cuatro reformas anteriores. En realidad,...

Las empresas proveedoras de servicios de transporte pueden adoptar varias estrategias cuando coexisten con otros modos de transporte en la misma ruta. Así, dos modos competirán si deciden operar simultáneamente en la misma ruta de transporte, de manera que los usuarios puedan optar por viajar...

In this paper, we suggest new ways of how to measure the similarity of preferences in a group of individuals. For simplicity, we refer to this as the cohesiveness (of preferences). We propose axioms a cohesiveness measure should satisfy and show that these properties fully characterize a family...

In this paper we analyze the trends in labor force participation and transitions to benefit programs of older workers in relation to health trends as well as recent Social Security reforms. Our preliminary conclusions are pessimistic regarding the effect of health improvements on the labor...

Argentina hit world news headlines in 2002 due to the largest debt-default in history and a sudden economic collapse reminiscent of economic statistics from the Great Depression. In this article, we focus on other consequences of the crisis that are notso obvious, but that may linger for decades...

This paper analyzes the interaction between the market of premium contents and the next generation network industry. We assume structural separation between the network and service operators (platforms) and the comparative advantage of the service operators depends on the access to premium...