This paper examines whether, and to what extent, the internal mobility of the unemployed in Spain was affected by a reform of the personal income tax that introduced a mobility incentive targeted at this group. The reform introduced a distinct change in the incentives to move for work for...

This study uses newly available data from the Survey of Financial Competences to investigate whether cross-region migrants in Spain are more patient than individuals who choose to remain in their birth region. The empirical model incorporates predicted probabilities of underreporting and...

The split work shift has been argued as one of the reasons behind the different Spanish time schedule, characterized by reduced sleep and a more difficult work-family balance. This paper presents direct evidence on the effect that being on a split shift has on Spanish workers’ wellbeing and...

The large negative impact of income on time spent online has been attributed to a negative own-price effect created by variation in the opportunity cost of time across internet users. Nonetheless, the coefficient on income could also be capturing a negative income effect: High-income users could...

The empirical classification of leisure activities into luxuries, necessities, or inferior activities is useful for predicting the impact of economic development or life-cycle variations in wages on the organization of people’s leisure. We take a step in that direction. We present theoretical...

We analyze empirically the household financial portfolio allocation decision using a variance decomposition technique that takes into account the constrained, non-normal nature of household portfolio allocation observations. We apply the technique to a relatively wide collection of financial...