Articles
The ins and outs of unemployment and the assimilation of recent immigrants in Spain (with Javier Vazquez), Journal of Population Economics (2012)
In this paper we study the assimilation (in employment terms) of the recent wave of...
Employment protection and the non-linear relationship between the wage-productivity gap and unemployment (with Antonia López), Scottish Journal of Political Economy (2011)
This paper studies the relationship between the wage-productivity gap and unemployment in OECD countries during...
The unemployment volatility puzzle: The role of matching costs revisited (with Manuel Toledo), Accepted for publication in Economic Inquiry (2011)
Pissarides (2009) has argued that the standard search model with sunk fixed matching costs increases...
Flexibility at the margin and labor market volatility in OECD countries (with Hector Sala and Manuel Toledo), Accepted for publication in the Scandinavian Journal of Economics (2011)
We study the business cycle behavior of segmented labor markets with flexibility at the margin...
Oil price shocks and labor market fluctuations (with Javier Ordóñez and Hector Sala), The Energy Journal (2011)
We examine the impact of real oil price shocks on labor market flows in the...
Unpublished Papers
The Ins and Outs of Unemployment in a Two-Tier Labor Market (with Javier Vazquez) (2012)
This paper aims to shed some light on the dynamics of the Spanish labor market,...
Why are so many disabled individuals not working in Spain? A job search approach (with Judit Vall) (2012)
Unlike other disability systems in developed economies, the Spanish system allows partially disabled individuals to...
The agglomeration effect of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (with José M. Albert, Jorge Mateu, and •Nikolaos Georgantzis) (2012)
In this paper, we analyze the spatial distribution of economic activity and labor market variables...
Solving the two-period consumer choice model with Excel-Solver (with Angels Xabadia) (2011)
In this paper we present a classroom exercise where students can solve the basic two-period...
Labor productivity and vocational training: Evidence from Europe (2011)
In this paper we show that vocational training is an important determinant of productivity growth....
Workshop
VII Workshop in Public Policy Design: Worker flows and labor market adjustment (2011)
The economics department at the Universitat de Girona annually organizes a workshop on Public Policy...