This paper examines the determinants of Total Fertility Rate in Ecuador on the basis of ENDEMAIN 2004. We find empirical evidence suggests that women who have information about childbirth and pregnancy, contraceptive use, have higher levels of education and work, are more likely to have fewer...

El presente trabajo tiene como foco estudiar los determinantes del emprendimiento femenino en Europa. Concretamente, se aspira a cuantificar el efecto que una serie de variables demográficas, económicas y socioculturales tienen sobre la decisión de emprender de hombres y mujeres. Para ello,...

This paper analyses the differences between earnings and market work time between the self-employed (entrepreneurs) and employed workers in 35 European countries. In addition, we analyse the determinants of the decision to become a self-employed. We develop an empirical analysis of the...

The aim of this research is to assess the determinants of future pensions in the Peruvian Private Pension System (SPP). For this goal, we describe the process for accumulation of funds (a stochastic Wiener process), income streams and employment spells, and then we perform sensitivity analysis...

This paper calculates the efficiency of senior residences in Saragossa and province by means of the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The study of the efficiency has been divided in two stages: in the first one the efficiency of the productive system of senior residences is calculated and...

This paper discusses theoretical and practical issues related to long-term care (LTC) services in Latin America. Demand for these services will rise as the region undergoes a swift demographic transition from its currently young population to a rapidly aging one, especially since the region's...

This paper evaluates the impact caused by attaching a personalized pension projection (PPP), to the annually report of pension savings. This PPP shows the revenues obtained by the workers when postponing their retirement three years after the legal age for retirement in the Chilean pension...