Applied Economic Analysis: Volume 30 Issue 90 , Open Access

Banning mobile phones in schools: evidence from regional-level policies in Spain

Pilar Beneito, Óscar Vicente-Chirivella

The autonomous governments of two regions in Spain established mobile bans in schools as of the year 2015. Exploiting the across-region variation introduced by such a…

Purchasing power parity in GIIPS countries: evidence from unit root tests with breaks and non-linearity

Saban Nazlioglu, Mehmet Altuntas, Emre Kilic, Ilhan Kucukkkaplan

This paper aims to test purchasing power parity (PPP) hypothesis for Greece, Italy, Ireland, Portugal and Spain, which are known as the GIIPS countries.

Factors determining teleworking before and during COVID-19: some evidence from Spain and Andalusia

Antonio Caparrós Ruiz

This study aims to analyse the inequalities in access to teleworking in Spain. More specifically, the study examines what factors determine remote working in a pre-pandemic period…

Free lunch or vital support? Export promotion in The Netherlands

Marcel van den Berg

The purpose of this paper is to add to the debate concerning the merits of export promotion efforts by governments by investigating the effect of export promotion program (EPP…

Government public infrastructure investment and economic performance in Spain (1980–2016)

Jose Perez-Montiel, Carles Manera

The authors estimate the multiplier effect of government public infrastructure investment in Spain. This paper aims to use annual data of the 17 Spanish autonomous communities for…

Temporary layoffs, short-time work and COVID-19: the case of a dual labour market

Victoria Osuna, José Ignacio García Pérez

This paper aims to study the type of short-time work (STW) schemes implemented in Spain to preserve jobs and workers’ incomes during the COVID-19 crisis and the corresponding…

The role of foreign direct investment in growth: Spain, 1964–2013

Oscar Bajo-Rubio

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has played a major role in the deep process of transformation experienced by the Spanish economy since the first 1960s, which even intensified…