The aim of this paper is to analyze the relationship between the accessibility of public employment services (PES) offices and unemployment rates in large urban areas of Spain. In total, there are 85 large urban areas in Spain encompassing 747 municipalities or 9.2% of all Spanish...

El principal objetivo del artículo es llevar a cabo un análisis del papel de los Servicios Públicos de Empleo (SPE) en el mercado de trabajo español. Para ello se realiza un análisis a nivel provincial que incorpora diferentes aspectos espaciales así como la estructura descentralizada de...

Southern African institutions involved in disaster management face two major new threats: the HIV/AIDS pandemic (eroding organizational capacity and increasing vulnerability of the population), and climate change (higher risk of extreme events and disasters). Analyzing the combined effects of...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the influence of public employment services (PES) on transitions from unemployment. Design/methodology/approach – The likelihood of exit from unemployment is explained by a multinomial logit model which takes into account the target state of...