This research examines the occupational mobility of immigrants between their countries of origin and Spain, and its main determinants. It is based on microdata from the Encuesta Nacional de Inmigrantes and the use of an international index of occupational status, the International Socio-Economic...

This study examines wage inequality in the Spanish labour market from a regional perspective, drawing on stochastic dominance techniques. The main findings are, firstly, that wage inequality exhibits a significant regional heterogeneity and, secondly, that the reduction of wage inequality in the...

Investment development path theory, first elaborated by John Dunning in 1981, states a U-shaped or J-shaped relationship -in four stages- between a country's international investment position (which is represented by the difference between the country's outward direct investment stock and inward...

In this paper we study the role can be played by tax system within a environmental energy policy in Spain. After analysing the Spanish tax system, it can be affirmed that for the time being tax policy has played an almost insignificant role, although it is worth to point out some relevant...

The main objective of this research consists on analyzing regional public sector enterprises (PSEs) in Spain. We describe a general view on Spanish Autonomous Communities (ACs) financial resources, in the context of the Stability and Growth Pact and Budgetary Stability Act. From 2002, such...

This article analyses business strategies in the automobile sector to determine the key factors behind production relocation processes in automobile components suppliers. These factors help explain changes in production geography in the sector not only in terms of location advantages but also...