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IZA Discussion Paper No. 16688

Does Dual Vocational Education and Training Pay Off?

Samuel Bentolila, Antonio Cabrales, Marcel Jansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 16110

Temperature and Fertility: Evidence from Spanish Register Data

Risto Conte Keivabu, Marco Cozzani, Joshua Wilde

IZA Discussion Paper No. 15574

The Downward Spiral

Jeremy Greenwood, Nezih Guner, Karen A. Kopecky

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14787

Online Teaching and Gender Bias

Sara Ayllón

published in: Economics of Education Review, 2022, 89, 102280

IZA Discussion Paper No. 14722

Physical Pain, Gender, and the State of the Economy in 146 Nations

Lucía Macchia, Andrew J. Oswald

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13379

If Sick-Leave Becomes More Costly, Will I Go Back to Work? Could It Be Too Soon?

Olivier Marie, Judit Vall-Castello

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13316

Timing is Everything when Fighting a Pandemic: COVID-19 Mortality in Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Cristina Borra, Noelia Rivera Garrido, Almudena Sevilla

IZA Discussion Paper No. 13220

The Regional Anatomy of School Dropouts in Spain: The Role of the Industry Structure of Local Labour Markets

Luis Diaz-Serrano, William Nilsson

published as 'The regional anatomy of youths' educational attainment in Spain: The role of the employment structure in local labour markets' in: Papers in Regional Science, 2020, 99 (5), 1487-1508.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 12641

Fertility Implications of Policy Granting Legal Status Based on Offspring's Nationality

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Cristina Borra, Noelia Rivera Garrido

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10873

The Value of a Healthy Home: Lead Paint Remediation and Housing Values

Stephen B. Billings, Kevin T. Schnepel

IZA Discussion Paper No. 10580

Are the Spanish Long-Term Unemployed Unemployable?

Samuel Bentolila, J. Ignacio Garcia Perez, Marcel Jansen

IZA Discussion Paper No. 9235

Feeling Useless: The Effect of Unemployment on Mental Health in the Great Recession

Lídia Farré, Francesco Fasani, Hannes Mueller

published in: IZA Journal of Labor Economics (2018) 7(1), 1-34

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8671

Terrorism and Human Capital at Birth: Bomb Casualties and Birth Outcomes in Spain

Climent Quintana-Domeque, Pedro Ródenas-Serrano

revised version published as 'The Hidden Costs of Terrorism: The Effects on Health at Birth' in: Journal of Health Economics, 2017, 56, 47-60.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8031

Newborn Health and the Business Cycle: Is It Good to Be Born in Bad Times?

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll, Libertad González

published as 'Recessions and Babies' Health' in: Economics & Human Biology, Volume 37, May 2020, 100836.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7746

Labour Market Dynamics in Spanish Regions: Evaluating Asymmetries in Troublesome Times

Hector Sala, Pedro Trivín

published in: SERIEs, 2014, 5(2), 197-221

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7683

Effects of Religiosity on Social Behaviour: Experimental Evidence from a Representative Sample of Spaniards

Pablo Brañas-Garza, Antonio M. Espín, Shoshana Neuman

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7297

Immigration and Labor Productivity: New Empirical Evidence for Spain

Catia Nicodemo

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6978

Gender Gaps in Spain: Family Issues and the Career Development of College Educated Men and Women

Ainara González de San Román, Sara de la Rica

published as 'Gender Gaps in Spain: The Role of Children in Career Development' in: Boeri, Patacchini and Peri (eds), Unexplored Dimensions of Discrimination, Oxford University Press 2015

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6676

Immigrant Homeownership and Immigration Status: Evidence from Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Kusum Mundra

published in: Review of International Economics, Special Issue: Migration and Culture, 2013, 21(2), 204-218.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6622

Remittances and Portfolio Values: An Inquiry Using Spanish Immigrants from Africa, Europe and the Americas

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Susan Pozo

published in: World Development, 2013, 41, 83-95.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 6028

Overeducation and Local Labour Markets in Spain

Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá

published in: Tijdschrift voor economische en sociale geografie, 2013, 104 (3), 278-291

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5657

Network Effects on Migrants' Remittances

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll

published as 'Immigrant Networks and Remittances: Cheaper Together?' in: World Development, 2018 111 (C), 225-245

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5581

Occupational Mobility of Immigrants in a Low Skilled Economy: The Spanish Case

Hipólito Simón, Raul Ramos, Esteban Sanromá

published in: European Journal of Population, 2014, 30 (2), 223-255

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5338

Work, Risk and Health: Differences between Immigrants and Natives in Spain

Meritxell Solé, Luis Diaz-Serrano, Marisol Rodriguez Martinez

published as 'Disparities in Work, Risk, and Health between Immigrants and Native-Born' in: Social Science and Medicine, 179-187

IZA Discussion Paper No. 5139

High-School Dropouts and Transitory Labor Market Shocks: The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom

Ainoa Aparicio Fenoll

published as 'Returns to Education and Educational Outcomes: The Case of the Spanish Housing Boom', in: Journal of Human Capital, 2016, 10 (2), 235 - 265

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4882

Wage Effects of Non-Wage Labour Costs

María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos, José I. Silva

substantially revised version published in: European Economic Review, 2014, 72, 113-137. Winner of the 2015 Spanish Association for Labour Economics Best Paper Award.

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4348

Complements or Substitutes? Task Specialization by Gender and Nativity in Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sara de la Rica

published in: Labour Economics, 2011, 18 (5), 697-707

IZA Discussion Paper No. 4333

Immigration and Housing Booms: Evidence from Spain

Libertad González, Francesc Ortega

published in: Journal of Regional Science, 2013, 53 (1), 37-59

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3574

The Motherhood Wage Penalty in a Mediterranean Country: The Case of Spain

José Alberto Molina, Víctor M. Montuenga

published as 'The Motherhood Wage Penalty in Spain' in: Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 2009, 30 (3), 237-251

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3538

Long Term Earnings Inequality, Earnings Instability and Temporary Employment in Spain: 1993–2000

María Cervini-Plá, Xavier Ramos

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2011, 50 (4), 714-736

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3486

Does Immigration Raise Natives' Income? National and Regional Evidence from Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sara de la Rica

published as 'The Immigration Surplus and the Substitutability of Immigrant and Native Labor: Evidence from Spain', in: Empirical Economics, 2013, 44(2), 945-958

IZA Discussion Paper No. 3354

International Evidence on Well-being

David G. Blanchflower

published in: Alan Krueger (ed.): Measuring the Subjective Well-Being of Nations: National Accounts of Time Use and Well-Being, NBER and University of Chicago Press, 2009, 155 - 226

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2702

Income Satisfaction and Deprivation in Spain

José M. Labeaga, José Alberto Molina, Maria Navarro Paniagua

published as 'Deprivation using satisfaction measures in Spain' in: Journal of Policy Modeling, 2011, 33 (2), 287-310

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2192

Is Fertility Related to Religiosity? Evidence from Spain

Pablo Brañas-Garza, Shoshana Neuman

revised version published as 'Is Fertility Indeed Related to Religiosity? A Note on: 'Marital Fertility and Religion in Spain, 1985 and 1999' ' in: Population Studies, 2007, 60 (2), 219-224

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2183

Intergenerational Transmission of 'Religious Capital': Evidence from Spain

Pablo Brañas-Garza, Shoshana Neuman

published in: Revista Internacional de Sociologia, 2011, 69 (3), 649-677 in English

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2177

The Role of Temporary Help Agencies in Facilitating Temp-to-Perm Transitions

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Miguel Malo, Fernando Muñoz-Bullón

published in: Journal of Labor Research, 2008, 29 (2), 138-161

IZA Discussion Paper No. 2104

Labor Market Assimilation of Recent Immigrants in Spain

Catalina Amuedo-Dorantes, Sara de la Rica

published in: British Journal of Industrial Relations, 2007, 45 (2), 257-285