Econometria, Estadística i Economia Aplicada: Recent submissions
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Tendiendo puentes entre las ciencias sociales y la ciudadanía: cómo comunicar evidencia científica
Presentamos un panorama de la investigación experimental sobre cómo comunicar a la ciudadanía la evidencia científica sobre los efectos que tienen diversas políticas públicas, para que aquella pueda tomar decisiones ...
Technological Content and Institutional Quality of FDI: Investigating the effects on the environment in Brazil
Research indicates that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) can have both positive and negative effects on the host country's environment. However, the mechanisms underlying these contrasting outcomes remain unclear. This study ...
Have low emission zones slowed urban traffic recovery after Covid-19?
This paper bridges the gap between the literature on the pandemic’s effects on mobility and the literature on the impact of low emission zones (LEZ). Using data for large European cities in the period 2018–2021, we examine ...
Socioeconomic and territorial dynamics of bullfighting in contemporary Spain
This study explores the territorial, economic, and social factors impacting the evolution of bullfighting festivities in Spain. Using data from the Ministry of Culture and Sports, the research employs panel data regression ...
What effect does the aggregate industrial R&D offshoring have on you? A multilevel study
The present study argues that R&D offshoring is not only a matter of firm's decision as in previous literature, but also has an important industrial externality component. For a sample of manufacturing and services industries ...
Do giving voice and social information help in revising a misconception about rent–control?
Citizens' ability to make informed and thoughtful choices when voting for policy proposals rests on their exposure to, and acceptance of, accurate information about the costs and benefits that each proposal entails. We ...
The effect of inter-municipal cooperation on social assistance programs: Evidence from housing allowances in England
Decentralized implementation of means-tested social assistance programs requires significant organizational capacity among local governments. For other types of local public service, like refuse collection and utilities ...
Sufrimiento infantojuvenil en cuidados paliativos pediátricos en España: propiedades psicométricas de la escala qESNA
Objetivo Analizar las propiedades psicométricas de la escala qESNA y su utilidad clínica para evaluar el sufrimiento de los pacientes infantojuveniles con enfermedades limitantes y/o amenazantes para la vida (niños con LLTC) (...)
Identifying functional urban areas in Ecuador using a varying travel time approach (Code and Raw Data)
We provide the code for producing Functional Urban Areas by means of using OSM and Google maps data.
Dataset of the work - The short-run relationship between inequality and growth: evidence from OECD regions during the Great Recession
Dades associades a l'article: Vicente Royuela, Paolo Veneri & Raul Ramos (2018): The short-run relationship between inequality and growth: evidence from OECD regions during the Great Recession, Regional Studies, DOI: ...
When the time is right: Testing for dynamic effects in collaborative performance
Organizations develop collaborative relationships in order to manage external interdependencies that are consequential for performance. Econometric research has tested whether such collaboration brings improved performance ...
Seasonal and time-trend variation by gender of alcohol-impaired drivers at sobriety checkpoints
We aimed to analyze the evolution over time and the seasonality of outcomes of nonrandom alcohol concentration breath tests performed on drivers at sobriety checkpoints in Catalonia (Spain) from 2005 to 2012. Differences ...
Cuantificación del riesgo para la tarificación en seguros de automóvil
El cálculo del precio del seguro del automóvil se centra en identificar los factores que determinan una mayor o menor siniestralidad, sin embargo, una concepción integral del riesgo tendrá en cuenta también la posibilidad ...
Who Cares? A comparison of informal and formal care provision in Spain, England and the USA
This paper investigates the prevalence of incapacity in performing daily activities and the associations between household composition and availability of family members and receipt of care among older adults with functioning ...
Educational mismatches in the EU: Immigrants vs. Natives
The purpose of this paper is to analyse and explain the factors contributing to the observed differences in skill mismatches (vertical and horizontal) between natives and immigrants in EU countries.
Bivariate Mixed Poisson and Normal Generalised Linear Models with Sarmanov Dependence An Application to Model Claim Frequency and Optimal Transformed Average Severity
The aim of this paper is to introduce dependence between the claim frequency and the average severity of a policyholder or of an insurance portfolio using a bivariate Sarmanov distribution, that allows to join variables ...
'If my buddies use drugs, will I?' Peer effects on Substance Consumption Among Teenagers
During adolescence, interactions with peers influence a teen's attitudes and behaviors. Adolescents seek for peer approval and acceptance, which may bring them to engage in health--risky behaviors such as smoking and ...
La Renta Básica: un intento de aportar racionalidad
No hubiéramos pensado que haríamos un recorrido tan largo y persistente cuando en el año 2001 un puñado de personas fundamos la Red Renta Básica. El 29 de noviembre celebraremos en la localidad madrileña de Fuenlabrada el ...
Effect of population density in aging societies and severity of motor vehicle crash injuries: the case of Spain
The concentration of population in cities and processes of rural depopulation coupled with the generational shift to older societies represent new challenges in road safety. Here, we examine the severity of injuries suffered ...
Predicting Motor Insurance Claims Using Telematics Data XGBoost versus Logistic Regression
XGBoost is recognized as an algorithm with exceptional predictive capacity. Models for a binary response indicating the existence of accident claims versus no claims can be used to identify the determinants of traffic ...
