Over the last 50 years, some important reforms in European countries were aimed at improving the system of vocational studies. By contrast, the Spanish educational law (LOGSE) from 1990 moved in the opposite direction. While the LOGSE increased the number of compulsory schooling years from 8 to...

Over the last 50 years, some important reforms in European countries were aimed at improving the system of vocational studies. By contrast, the Spanish educational law (LOGSE) from 1990 moved in the opposite direction. While the LOGSE increased the number of compulsory schooling years from 8 to...

Over the last 50 years, some important reforms in European countries were aimed at improving the system of vocational studies. By contrast, the Spanish educational law (LOGSE) from 1990 moved in the opposite direction. While the LOGSE increased the number of compulsory schooling years from 8 to...

Las tasas de abandono escolar en España descendieron desde el 70% en 1977 hasta el 30% a finales de los años 90, pero se mantuvieron aproximadamente en un 30% en los últimos años. Este trabajo analiza el papel de la Ley Orgánica de Ordenación General del Sistema Educativo (LOGSE) de 1990...

This paper studies the association between children’s cognitive and non - cognitive development with socioeconomic factors, and school characteristics in Catalonia. The focus of the analysis is on the relevance of the quarter of birth and the school entrance age. The data, collected in 2005,...

The value of time used in commuting to work is an important component of the total cost of these trips. This document estimates that, on average, a worker needs 57 minutes a day, which in monetary terms is equivalent to 8 euros a day. This cost differs by area, being the workers living in the...

This paper investigates the employment of individuals older than 55 years old using a dataset for Catalonia. We pin down the groups of individuals associated with lower employment rates: females, disabled and people with low qualifications. Part-time work rates for this age group are low,...

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This paper studies the relationship between parental employment and time with children in Spain. We find large differences across genders in basic primary and secondary childcare, but not in quality primary childcare. The analysis shows no significant differences in quality primary childcare...