This paper analyzes the gender gap in the performance–pay component of hourly wages received by workers in Spain using detailed information drawn from a large wage survey for 2006. Under the assumption that performance pay is determined in a more competitive fashion than the remaining wage...

The current slump is having a heterogeneous impact on the EU economies regarding their GDP and employment growth responses. The impact of immigrants’ unemployment on public finances of EU countries depends on three factors: (i) the sensitiveness of the economy to the business cycle, (ii) the...

El crecimiento sin precedentes del número de inmigrante en nuestro país ha generado un fuerte interés tanto político como social acerca del coste-beneficio que esto supone en términos de cotizaciones a la Seguridad Social y del uso de servicios públicos en España. Este interés se ha...