In this paper we characterize some cyclical patterns for the Andalusian economy, for the period 1984-2001. Our work is basically an empirical one. Our results show that the Andalusian economy is more volatile than Spain as a whole, although there exist an important degree of coherence between...

This paper explores the contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) on economic growth and labor productivity growth of Andalucía during 1995-2004. We find that the contribution of ICT assets to total market GVA growth is quantitatively modest. Anyway the contribution to...

Utilizando la base de datos EU KLEMS, se contrasta la hipótesis de complementariedad entre habilidad y capital en los distintos sectores productivos en España en el periodo 1980-2005. Se analizan tres tipos de trabajadores clasificados según su nivel de habilidad sea alto, medio o bajo. Los...

This paper uses a combination of VAR and bootstrapping techniques to analyze whether the exchange rates of some New Member States of the EU have been used as output stabilizers (those of the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland), during 1993-2004. This question is important because it provides...

This paper analyzes the linkages between the credibility of a target zone regime, the volatility of the exchange rate, and the width of the band where the exchange rate is allowed to fluctuate. These three concepts should be related since the band width induces a trade-off between credibility...

From the classical gold standard up to the current ERM2 arrangement of the European Union, target zones have been a widely used exchange regime in contemporary history. This paper presents a benchmark model that rationalizes the choice of target zones over the rest of regimes: the fixed rate,...

Nuestro trabajo tiene fundamentalmente dos objetivos. El primero consiste en analizar con detalle qué características y probabilidades de empleo presentan los puestos vacantes gestionados por el Servicio Andaluz de Empleo (SAE). El segundo consiste en contrastar en qué grado el proceso de...

La investigación, desarrollada con datos de 2007 a 2010, propone medidas concretas para la búsqueda eficaz de empleo mediante la metodología de clusters, que permite suministrar a cada demandante, de forma individualizada, toda la información que necesita para poder conocer las opciones de...

El documento propone herramientas empíricas para explicar el papel de las heterogeneidades en el proceso de emparejamiento laboral y desarrolla una aplicación al mercado de trabajo andaluz

This paper analyses the effects of supply shocks on the Spanish inflation rate. The methodology applied is based on Ball and Mankiw (1995). These authors assume that a good proxy for supply shocks is the third moment of the distribution of price changes, and show that nominal rigidities imply a...