In this paper we estimate equations for deserving or "true disability indicator" and receiv- ing disability benefits to evaluate the award error as the difference between both probabilities using survey data from Spain. As expected award errors are not randomly distributed across the population....

This paper addresses the issue of how to go forward in the ground of healthcare coordination. For this purpose, we use data from the European Health Survey (2009) and analyze the consumption of 14 healthcare services according to age and dependency degree (measured using Barthel’s index). We...

This paper analyses the effect of unmet formal care needs on informal caregiving hours in Spain using the two waves of the Informal Support Survey (1994, 2004). Testing for double sample selection from formal care receipt and the emergence of unmet needs provides evidence that the omission of...

El objetivo de este trabajo es analizar la efectividad del Programa Escuela 2.0 sobre los resultados en Matemáticas. Este programa se inició en el año 2009 con el objetivo de fomentar la enseñanza a través de nuevas tecnologías en los centros públicos de España. Se procede a realizar una...

In a world in which the welfare state is under pressure, understanding the dynamic effects of money transfers from parents to adult children and their relationship with informal care can be relevant for policy purposes. We use the first two waves of the Survey of Health and Retirement in Europe...

This paper analyses the effect of unmet formal care needs on informal caregiving hours in Spain using the two waves of the Informal Support Survey (1994, 2004). Testing for double sample selection from formal care receipt and the emergence of unmet needs provides evidence that the omission of...