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Wage differentials between Permanent and Temporal Contracts: Further Evidence
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2002-02)
The main objective of this paper is to estimate wage differentials between permanent and temporal workers for different qualification levels and decompose such differentials to see which factors contribute more to explain ...
The effect of firm-level contracts on the structure of wages: evidence from matched employer-employee data
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2004-10)
In Spain, as in several other European countries, sectoral bargaining agreements are automatically extended to cover all firms in an industry. Employers and employees can also negotiate firm-specific contracts. We use a ...
Does Immigration Raise Natives’ Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2008-04)
How immigration affects the labor market of the host country is a topic of major concern for many immigrant-receiving nations. Spain is no exception following the rapid increase in immigrant flows experienced over the past ...
Ceilings and Floors? Gender Wage Gaps by Education in Spain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005)
This paper analyses the gender wage gaps by education throughout the wage distribution in Spain using individual data from the ECHP (1999). Quantile regressions are used to estimate the wage returns to the different ...
Labor Market Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2006-01)
This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the employment and occupational assimilation of recent immigrant waves to the Spanish labor market as their residencies lengthen. Using Spanish data from the 2001 Population ...
The impact of the great recession on employment polarization in Spain
(Springer International Publishing, 2014-08)
This article analyzes changes in the occupational employment share in Spain for the period 1997-2012 and the way particular sociodemographic groups adapt to those changes. There seems to be clear evidence of employment ...
An empirical comparison of the performance of alternative option pricing models
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2002)
This paper presents a comparison of alternative option pricing models based neither on jump-diffusion nor stochastic volatility data generating processes. We assume either a smooth volatility function of some previously ...
Consumer Confidence and Yield Spreads in Europe
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-02)
This paper shows the extraordinary capacity of yield spreads to anticipate consumption growth as proxy by the Economic Sentiment Indicator elaborated by the European Commission in order to predict turning points in business ...
Are Bar Associations Anticompetitive? An Empirical Analysis of Recommended Prices for Legal Services in Spain
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2012)
The European Commission Report on Competition in Professional Services found that recommended prices by professional bodies have a significant negative effect on competition since they may facilitate the coordination of ...
Reform of Spain's profesional services market: Implementation of the EU Services Directive
(FUNCAS, 2014-07)
The implementation of the European Commission Services Directive initiated the modernization process of services markets within the European Union. The objective was to guarantee the creation of a single market by ensuring ...