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Fulfilment of expectations mediating quality and satisfaction: the case of hospital service
(Taylor & Francis, 2017-11-15)
Many attempts have been conducted during the last decades to define a quality measurement scale in the health sector; however, there is not yet a complete agreement on which dimensions impact satisfaction. ...
Bubble economics and structural change: the cases of Spain and France compared
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)
This paper delves into the recent events that led to the formation of the housing bubble in Spain and the resulting structural change that is arguably needed to put the economy back into the right track. ...
Deslocalizaciones y productividad. ¿Una oportunidad para España?
(Funcas, 2012)
En este artículo describimos las últimas tendencias en materia de deslocalizaciones a nivel mundial y en particular para el caso español. De esta manera, hacemos referencia a los distintos sectores ...
Low-skill offshoring and welfare compensation policies
(Elsevier, 2016)
We analyze the effects of low-skill offshoring on welfare. In the context of a matching model with different possible equilibria we discuss three alternative policies that could potentially outweigh the ...
Employment effects of offshoring across sectors and occupations in Japan
(Wiley, 2012)
In the case of Japan, the studies conducted so far focus alone on firm-level data and delve into the productivity effects and the skill upgrading between skilled and unskilled workers. Here, we carry ...
More alike than different: the Spanish and Irish labour markets before and after the crisis
(Springer Nature, 2012)
Spain and Ireland might seem at first to feature very different labour markets, which go from very tight to very flexible labour conditions. Our analysis, however, goes beyond this simplistic argument ...
The unintended consequences of childcare regulation: evidence from a regression discontinuity design
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)
In several countries governments fund childcare provision but in many others it is privately funded as labor regulation mandates that firms have to provide childcare services. For this later case, there ...
Do reductions of standard hours affect employment transitions?: evidence from Chile
(Elsevier, 2013)
This study exploits the reduction of weekly working hours from 48 to 45 announced in Chile in 2001 and implemented in 2005. Our results suggest that non-anticipatory behavior of firms was found on key ...
How do business schools compete in Latin America? Stability and best predictors of success for the America Economia MBA Ranking
(Taylor & Francis, 2020)
The main aim of this paper is to present a longitudinal analysis of the AmericaEconomia MBA Ranking for the period 2005–2014. AmericaEconomia was the first international ranking specifically devoted to ...
Does a mandatory reduction of standard working hours improve employees' health status?
(Wiley, 2016)
Most of the empirical evidence regarding the impact of reductions of standard working hours analyzes its effects on employment outcomes, family life balance, and social networks, but there is no empirical ...