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Long term earnings inequality, earnings instability and temporary employment in Spain
Cross-sectional earnings inequality of male full-time employees falls over the second half of the nineties in Spain. A study finds that such decline was determined by a decrease in earnings instability and an increase in...
Researchers Address Economic Dangers of ‘Peak Oil’ in USA
Researchers from the ICTA-UAB and the University of Maryland (UMD) demonstrate in a new study which sectors could put the entire U.S. economy at risk when global oil production peaks (‘Peak Oil”). This multi-disciplinary team...
Effects of Rising Oil Prices on Tourism Studied
A study involving an ICREA researcher at the UAB recommends designing strategies that minimize the economic impact on the Spanish tourism sector of a potential rise in oil prices. This paper has analyzed the possible effects of peak oil in this sector. According to these...
A new working class of services
According to a doctoral thesis defended at the Department of Sociology of the UAB, currently in Spain a new service-sector working class is emerging and replacing the traditional industrial working class. This study also raises the difficulties that this new segment of the population will...
The CLICO Project presents its conclusions
The international project CLICO (Climate Change, Hydro Conflicts and Human security), led by ICTA, united researchers from 14 institutions in Nicosia on 10 and 11 December to present and debate the results of studies on water, conflict and security...
