Browsing Master in Economics: Empirical Applications and Policies by Title
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The need for requalification in the Spanish labour market: mapping employment with workplace skills
(2021)This study addresses the empirical relationship between job tasks and employment share changes in Spain for the period 1997-2019. To do so, we use the novel European representative data on skills/tasks ESCO. Overall, we ... -
The relation between electricity and natural gas spot prices in Spain: cointegration and volatility spill-over analysis
(2021)The relation between electricity and natural gas prices got increased attention recently, after their joint rise in many European countries. The present Master Thesis explains the theoretical relation between both markets ... -
The sensitivity of estimated DSGE models to alternative data vintages
(2020)This paper considers the estimation of a structural DSGE model with three alternative macroeconomic data vintages corresponding to the first-release (real-time data), the third-release data, and the highly revised data to ... -
The swing of the inflation dynamics across OECD countries
(2022)In recent business cycles, U.S. inflation has experienced a reduction in inflation volatility, inflation persistence and, a severe weakening of the correlation with nominal interest (Gibson's paradox). This project concludes ... -
Understanding segregation patterns in Chilean primary schools
(2023)This study aims to achieve two primary objectives to comprehend segregation patterns in Chilean primary schools. To fulfill these goals, we compute the school segregation index (SSI) to assess the distribution of students ... -
Who bears the risk? Analyzing the strategic interaction between regulators and investors when setting incentives for renewable electricity
(2020)Energy policies for promoting investment in renewable energy sources have become crucial for deploying different green energy technologies. Depending on their design, the conventional incentive systems assign the risk ... -
Woman and mother: double employment penalty?
(2020)This paper analyzes how females and males modify their labor situation after having a child to reconcile work and family life in Spain. The analysis aims to examine whether the heterogeneity in parents’ employment is ...