This article analyzes the evolution of regional differences in Spain and emphasizes the importance of a disaggregate analysis at a sectoral level. In particular, the authors observe convergence in productivity at the aggregate regional level but not at the sectoral level. Aggregate convergence...

ResumenEste documento analiza la problemática de la convergencia departamental en Colombia en el período 1975-2005. No existe un estudio donde se muestre la posible formación de clubs o grupos de convergencia a nivel departamental. Para ello se propone la estimación de una ecuación de...

The aim of this article is to show a wide set of procedures to verify the signaling hypothesis against the Human Capital hypothesis as determinant of wages in Mexico. The main conclusion is that, despite of the existence of certain level of signalling in the Mexican labour market, the Human...

This paper analyses the redistributive effects generated by the subsidization of urban public transport services. We estimate a two-stage model that takes into account both car ownership decisions and expenditure in urban public transport. In this way, we are able to measure the long run effects...

The purpose of this paper is to assess the effect of urban structure on household car ownership in a context of rapid job and population decentralization. We capture the effect of urban structure through a measure of job accessibility to employment by public transport. An ordered probit...