The goal of this paper is to make clear cut reasoning for the ambiguous evidence in favour of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) hypothesis. The EKC for CO2 might be flawed with some sort of misconceptions thus providing misleading guidelines for policy makers. The main contribution of this...

In this paper, we investigate the effect of a woman’s decision to enter paid employment on their husband’s contribution to domestic work. To explore this issue, we analyze cross-sectional data on Spanish couples. Our results suggest that this decision to participate in the labor market...

En los últimos años la economía está viviendo un proceso de globalización que afecta a muchos ámbitos. En el presente trabajo se discuten las repercusiones que dicho fenómeno puede tener sobre las ciudades. En este sentido, se presentan las aportaciones de la Nueva Geografía Económica...

This paper shows that in a three-sector model of endogenous growth with physical and human capital accumulation, taxation policy can generate indeterminacy under plausible parameterizations. The key for this result is that the accumulation of human capital is a non-market activity in which...

Es indiscutible la importancia que todavía sigue manteniendo el paro en nuestro país debido a las repercusiones que tiene tanto a nivel económico como social. En este trabajo presentamos un estudio que dividiremos en dos partes. En la primera ofrecemos un análisis de la duración del...

This paper analyzes the effects of R&D and worker training on innovation performance in a sample of Spanish manufacturing firms while distinguishing between large and small firms. Our findings suggest that R&D is a key factor in explaining firm innovation performance, and that worker training...

There is a large amount of evidence that shows higher levels of schooling are associated with a substantive increase in civic engagement. We empirically discuss this issue using Spanish data. In order to identify the existence of a possible causal link between schooling and civic attitudes, we...

En este trabajo utilizamos un modelo de equilibrio general dinámico para cuanti…car el coste de bienestar del sistema impositivo español. Calibraremos el modelo neoclásico de crecimiento para replicar algunos características relevantes de la economía española, poniendo especial interés...

In a highly decentralized country such as Spain, meeting national commitments on deficit and debt depends on the sustainability of regional public finances. At present, the deficit target of each region is defined according to its GDP share over national GDP. Although this approach is reasonable...