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Union Formation and Bargaining Rules in the Labor Market
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-03)
This paper analyzes union formation in a model of bargaining between a firm and several unions. We address two questions: first, the optimal configuration of unions (their number and size) and, second, the impact of the ...
Life Expectancy, Human Capital, Social Security and Growth
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005)
We analyze the effects of changes in the mortality rate upon life expectancy, education, retirement age, human capital and growth in the presence of social security. We build a vintage growth, overlapping generations model ...
Immigrants Responsiveness to Labor Market Conditions
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-05)
Using data from the Spanish Labor Force Survey (Encuesta de Población Activa) from 1999 through 2004, we explore the role of regional employment opportunities in explaining the increasing immigrant flows of recent years ...
The Impact of Gender Segregation on Male-Female Wage Differentials
(University of the Basque Country, Department of Foundations of Economic Analysis II, 2005-09)
This paper presents new evidence on the role of gender segregation and pay structure in explaining gender wage differentials of full-time salaried workers in Spain. Data from the 1995 and 2002 Wage Structure Surveys reveal ...
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 ...