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The effect of a newborn on Spanish households' expenditure
(2020)
This article aims to carry out an analysis of the effects of a newborn on Spanish households expenditure in 2014 and 2015. A standard difference-in-differences (DID) estimator would then compare the change in expenditure ...
Health in cities: neighborhood effects and scioeconomic determinants in the Spanish case
(2020)
The impact of place on individual outcomes, like health, presents many causal challenges that have disputed treatments in the literature. A 2011 study by Bilger Carrieri addresses them via instrumentation, to surprising ...
Territorial distribution of immigrants in Europe
(2020)
Uneven distribution of immigrant population has diverse consequences in countries and societies. We call immigrants those that have a nationality different to the reporting country. Some European regions have an important ...
Green jobs in the Spanish renewable energy sectors: an input-output approach
(2020)
After the Paris agreement, the transition to a low carbon economy is at the heart of
the debate of the European energy and climate policy. One of the central targets of this
transformation proposes changes in the energy ...
Impact of the phase out of French nuclear plants on the Spanish electricity market
(2020)
One of the key elements in the transition to low carbon economies is the phase-out of fossil-fuel based technologies. Nuclear power, despite not being a high emitting source, is one of the technologies at the heart of the ...
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 ...
Pigmentocracy, social mobility and inequality of opportunity in Mexico
(2020)
Wealth inequality in Mexico has gained attention in recent years, with a public responding to economic realities that precipitate less security and a more narrow horizon of opportunity for its citizens. This paper examines ...
Social class segregation in upper-secondary school choice in Canada
(2020)
The aim of this work is to analyze how the spoken language at home influences the parental decision on school choice in Canada. There is a vast literature on the factors affecting school choice, but very little research ...