We develop a general equilibrium analysis of the impact of active labour market policy on unemployment, wages and the … employed have little exposure to unemployment and if the demand for unskilled labour is inelastic, there may be political … support for policies which actually raise the equilibrium level of total unemployment. …

In this paper we analyse the underlying causes behind Spanish unemployment which is now at 24%. We interpret this … labour market institutions. Our aim is to explain the main sources of shocks to unemployment, and the most relevant features …

we examine the policy effects of the minimum wage, unemployment benefits and search frictions. …

the recession and peaked at more than 1.5 million. Without the extensive use of short-time work, unemployment would have …

This paper investigates the determinants of trends in Spain's industrial exports to other Community countries by using … influence of advertising expenditure and, to a lesser extent, technological effort on Spain's industrial export performance. …

government. We estimate the model using 1995Q1-2013Q2 data for Spain, the rest of the Euro Area (REA) and the rest of the world … for Spanish households and firms, as well as a fall in the interest rate spread between Spain and the REA fuelled the … Spanish output boom and the persistent rise in foreign capital flows to Spain, before the global financial crisis. During and …

this paper for the particular case of Spain, a fast growing country in the second half of the twentieth century. It is …

honour his debts four times during his reign. In this paper, we reassess the fiscal position of Habsburg Spain. New archival … make the king's debt sustainable for most of his reign. Spain's debt burden was manageable up to the 1580s, and its fiscal … functions, and show that Spain under the Habsburgs was at least as "responsible" as the US in the 20th century or as Britain in …