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26 p, 346.8 KB Is inequality of opportunity robust to the measurement approach? / Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Van de Gaer, Dirk (Université Catholique de Louvain)
Recent literature has suggested many ways of measuring equality of opportunity. We analyze in a systematic manner the various approaches put forth in the literature to show whether and to what extent different choices matter empirically. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2017 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor); 11157)  
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178 p, 2.6 MB Essays on equality of opportunity and public policy / Salas, Gonzalo ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier, dir. ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Esta tesis se estructura en base a la noción de igualdad de oportunidades, concepto inicialmente propuesto por Arneson (1989), cuyas bases filosóficas se encuentran profundamente influidas por los planteos de Rawls (1971). [...]
This thesis is structured around the notion of equal opportunities, a concept first proposed by Arneson (1989), whose philosophical foundations are deeply influenced by the proposals of Rawls (1971). [...]
[Barcelona] : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2016  
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1 p, 579.6 KB Unemployment and happiness / Visens Torres, Anna ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier, dir. (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Facultat d'Economia i Empresa
Unemployment reduces the well-being of the unemployed and in some cases the well-being of the employed. In this project the effect of unemployment on well-being is studied. This research is focused on Spain, not like most articles based on Great Britain, Germany or United States and uses cross-sectional data from the European Social Survey from the year 2002 until 2012. [...]
2016
Grau en Administració i Direcció d'Empreses [1102]
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194 p, 2.6 MB Inequality, opportunity and redistribution : three essays on institutions and development in Latin America / Oviedo, Mónica ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier, dir. ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Esta tesis consta de tres ensayos empíricos que abordan algunas dinámicas institucionales y sociales relacionadas con la persistencia de altos niveles de desigualdad y pobreza en América Latina. En el primer ensayo exploro el papel de la expansión de la educación superior en la mejora de la igualdad de oportunidades y la movilidad social. [...]
This dissertation consists of three empirical essays tackling some institutional and social dynamics related with the persistently high levels of inequality and poverty in Latin America. In the first essay, I explore the role of the expansion of higher education in improving equality of opportunity and social mobility. [...]
[Barcelona] : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015  
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265 p, 1.6 MB Essays on the role of social status and beliefs on intergenerational mobility / Leites Lamela, Martin ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier, dir. ; Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada
Estos ensayos realizan una contribución teórica y empírica para la mejor comprensión del papel del estatus social en la movilidad intergeneracional de ingresos. Teorías sociológicas enfatizan el papel del estatus social en la persistencia de la desigualdad entre familias, aspecto que ha recibido menor atención en la disciplina económica. [...]
The aim of these essays is to contribute both theoretically and empirically to a better understanding of the role of social status in intergenerational income mobility. Sociological theories have emphasized the role of social status in the generation of persistent ex-ante inequality between families, but it has received limited attention in economics. [...]
[Barcelona] : Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 2015  
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34 p, 261.9 KB Wage effects of non-wage labour costs / Cervini-Plá, María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Silva Becerra, José Ignacio (Universitat de Girona)
We study short- and long-term wage effects of two important elements of non-wage labour costs: firing costs and payroll taxes. We exploit a reform that introduced substantial reduction in these two provisions for unemployed workers aged less than thirty and over forty five years. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2010 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) ; 4882)  
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20 p, 217.1 KB Polarisation and health / Blanco-Perez, Cristina (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
This paper examines the effect of income polarisation on individual health. We argue that polarisation captures much better the social tension and conflict that underlie some of the pathways linking income disparities and individual health, and which have been traditionally proxied by inequality. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2008 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) ; 3727)  
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25 p, 225.0 KB Long term earnings inequality, earnings instability and temporary employment in Spain : 1993-2000 / Cervini-Plá, María (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada) ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
This paper provides a longitudinal perspective on changes in Spanish male earnings inequality for the period 1993-2000, by decomposing the earnings covariance structure into its permanent and transitory parts. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2008 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) ; 3538)  
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51 p, 669.6 KB On the measurement of polarisation : a questionnaire study / Amiel, Yoram (Ruppin Academic Center) ; Cowell, Frank ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Starting from the axiomatisation of polarisation contained in Esteban and Ray (1994) and Chakravarty and Majumdar (2001) we investigate whether people's perceptions of income polarisation is consistent with the key axioms. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2007 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor) ; 2686)  
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17 p, 146.6 KB Empirical modeling of deprivation contagion among social exclusion dimensions (Using MCMC Methods) / Poggi, Ambra (Laboratorio R. Rivelli) ; Ramos Morilla, Xavier (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Economia Aplicada)
Economic theory and empirical evidence clearly show that social exclusion dimensions are inter-related. Notwithstanding that, dimensions are usually assumed independent from one another in the economics literature. [...]
Bonn Institute for the Study of Labor 2004 (Discussion paper (Institute for the Study of Labor); 2614)  
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