M Isabel Novo-Corti

University of A Coruña | UDC · Department of Economics

Purpose This study aims to analyse the positioning of young people in the face of the challenges posed by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). It focuses on the case of Erasmus+ students at a Spanish university and tries to evaluate the importance of each of the SDGs for them. Design/methodology/approach Based on primary data obtained through...

Within the framework of sustainable development and the reduction of the use of passenger cars as a mechanism for the preservation of the environment and the fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals, this paper analyses the purchase intention of electric vehicles according to the postulates of the Theory of Reasoned Action and the advances o...

La falta de empleo juvenil y su escasa calidad no concuerdan con el desarrollo sostenible,ni con la agenda 2030. Se precisa corregirestas debilidades. Este trabajo revisa la conceptualización y medición de la calidad del empleo y,en base al Índice de Calidad del Trabajo de la OCDE,presentando un indicador sintético, con diferentes componentes, medi...

Purpose: In this study, a bibliometric analysis of the scientific literature on the minimum wage is carried out to detect its evolution and point out future research trends. Approach/Methodology/Design: The bibliometric analysis of the minimum wage based on an extensive examination of publications indexed in Web of Science (WoS) de Clarivate Analyt...

More than often, studies explaining migration causes centre on economic explanations and minimize other factors' explanatory power. This research aims at creating a comprehensive model of migration determinants taking into account four dimensions: economic, social, cultural, and digital. A path model consisting of these dimensions was created and e...

Governance issues, here interpreted as the provisions of adequate policy frameworks characterised by reliability and accountability, coupled with resources to support their implementation, are known to be the basis for the implementation of sustainable development measures. This paper discusses the influence of governance in the ways sustainability...

Private universities also play a key role in the sustainability debate. But despite their importance, there a shortage of research on how sustainability is being implemented at private universities. Based on the need to address this gap, this paper investigates the nature and diversity of sustainability-based practices undertaken at private univers...

In the last decades, the topic regarding the relationship between culture and economics received increased interest. Given the fact that most of the research on this topic uses historical evidence and employs qualitative and mixed research methods, the present article aims at enriching its methodology by proposing a valuable quantitative instrument...

The paper aims to examine the new trends of immigration and their implications on the economy of the host country, particularly on economic growth and unemployment. As the effects of aging population can be felt in many countries, especially in developed ones, migration will continue to play an increasing role in the economic growth of all countrie...

El principal objetivo de este trabajo es analizar el beneficio percibido por el pago de impuestos en España y la satisfacción personal, en función de la predisposición a pagar impuestos, de la presión y fraude fiscales percibidos. Se propone un modelo de ecuaciones estructurales y se utilizan datos de la encuesta sobre opinión pública y política fi...

The urban environments in the Smart Cities create spaces of well-being and coexistence, in a healthy and environmental friendly framework. The technology and respect for the environment are located in the core of these urban areas as a response to the demands of citizens. In the context of the European 2030 Agenda, the main concerns of young Europe...

Technological advances have been crucial for economic development as well as for increasing social and individual welfare; however, it is not uncommon for imbalances and inequalities to appear simultaneously and may give rise to new social groups at risk of exclusion. In the age of technology, there is still the risk of technological exclusion and...

The goal of the paper is to examine the relation between finance and sustainability, with a special emphasis on the impact of negative externalities. Sustainable development as a concept aims to mitigate negative externalities. Conventional finance offers no room for the environment and society. Therefore, three-dimensional sustainable finance has...

Sustainability is a leading criterion in the decision-making process in sustainable finance concerning financial markets and private entities as well as in public finance. State and self-governing entities play a key role in implementing and supporting the sustainable finance concept. There is some empirical evidence that a positive association exi...

Aim: Millions of people are displaced globally, as refugees, asylum seekers or migrants. Although, at a first glance, crisis and conflicts are considered the main trigger for these movements, the migration challenge may have different roots: demographic trends, poverty, the globalization of communication, etc. The present article is an introduction...

In Spain, 28 Port Authorities of general interest moved more than 168 thousand tonnes of liquid bulk (34% of overall traffic) in 2015. Almost 82% of this amount corresponded to eight ports (G-8) that have a refinery within their facilities. This unique degree of specialization and concentration makes this set of ports an ideal sample to analyse the...

Sustainability is a complex concept. It only can be achieved from a global perspective, where social, economic and environmental issues are all key factors for achieving the goal. This paper is focused on the importance of social sustainability and, as a consequence, the importance of avoiding each and everyone’s risk of poverty and exclusion as du...

This paper deepens in the study of the appropriateness of virtual learning environments through the use and value of social networks by college students, considering the reliability, confidence and experience of the Internet. The study develop a comprehensive structural equation model conducted among 381college students of different Social Sciences...

This article deals with the ‘glass ceiling’ phenomenon based on the fact that a disproportionately low number of women access managerial positions by analyzing gender differences in the ‘educational profile’ and ‘professional profile perceived’. The sample is conducted among 165 undergraduate economics students (54 males and 111 females) in the fin...

Purpose This paper aims to emphasize how economics courses offered at higher education institutions can influence sustainable development, in general, and Romania’s sustainable development, in particular. Design/methodology/approach The conclusions are based on a pilot questionnaire conducted by the authors on the level of Romanian students enroll...

The present importance of oceanic topics -fishery included- is characterized by the existence of conflicts at a global, not compartmentalized, level that no country can keep out of. The greatest awareness about questions linked to fishery resource sustainability - such as the need to arbitrate acts designed to regulate fishery access conditions; th...

This paper examines the role of public subsidies on farming efficiency for Spain by using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach followed by a nonparametric regression of efficiency to farm specific factors (economic size, environmentally friendly behavior and regional aspects). The empirical analysis suggest that although a higher degree of di...

This study moves toward a better understanding of the mechanisms behind people's green behavior with a general framework. A questionnaire was designed based on intrapersonal, motivational, interpersonal, and educational factors focusing on the environmental education as the main driver of the green behavior under a comprehensive theoretical framewo...

Resumen En España, muchas actuaciones de erradicación del chabolismo se centraban únicamente en la eliminación de los aspectos más visibles del problema, generando desacuerdo social. Este trabajo analiza en qué medida las nuevas políticas de realojo y dispersión aplicadas recientemente en los poblados chabolistas del noroeste de este país fomentan...

In the fourth revolution era talking innovation is not only necessary for improving and forwarding all social and economic activities, but also is it an exigence of those who are demanding high-quality goods or services. This is important for knowledge services, and becomes a core issue for educative issues designed for the millennials or digital n...

Reflexiones sobre riqueza, pobreza y desigualdad

Purpose Smart cities can be understood as an inclusive space for each and everyone to achieve their best options, within the framework of sustainable development, where institutions boost information and technology environments that help achieve the highest individual and social well-being with the aim of improving the lives of citizens. The youth...

Resumen de las ponencias realizadas en la III Reunión Iberoamericana de Socioeconomía (III RISE - SASE). 16-18 de noviembre de 2017. CARTAGENA DE INDIAS (Colombia). Sociedad para el Avance de la Socioeconomía (SASE) Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) Universidad Tecnológica Bolívar (UTB)

Digital communication and social networks have become crucial elements in socialization. The deprivation of freedom for people in prison, is characterized not only by physical isolation, but also by a digital isolation. A sense of orphan hood or deprivation of communication appears, especially significant for “digital natives”, who are also the you...

A fiscal system must reflect a fair and redistributive level of taxation that improves progressivity and a more equitable distribution of resources that, therefore, improves social welfare. For this reason, the analysis of the degree to which these objectives are achieved by citizens is crucial to promoting tax compliance and avoiding fraudulent be...

In general, Synthetic Indexes of sustainability have been applied to specific countries and regions. With some variations, the ones considered simple, such as the case of the Ecological Footprint (EF), have been applied to port areas. The same has not happened with those of a multidimensional nature (Global Synthetics) that still have a minimal and...

In this paper, an analysis of the appropriateness of academic digital platform by undergraduates through the valuation of social networks (Facebook, Tuenti, Twitter) is proposed. This analysis shows the potential utility of these academic platforms in various areas, such as downloads, supplements, contents, functions and learning efficiency. The st...

This study explores the process of generation-production-consumption of functional foods, involving not only the knowledge transfer of the healthy properties of new ecotypes of functional products, but also the multiple role of the rural women as producer, educator/advisor and buyer of these products. We propose a multi-layered model for supportin...

Perceived wellbeing at the workplace could be related to various factors such as the training received, the general working environment and particularly, the level of gender equality. Moreover is expected that the higher wellbeing at work will be reflected in a higher general welfare. This paper discusses the sense of wellbeing at the workplace, an...

Research into the methodological development of alternative systems of sustainability measures is recent. In understanding sustainable development in a multi-dimensional sense, one of the most significant advances was the construction of Synthetic Indexes, applicable to different spatial spheres or to organisations, businesses, institutions, etc. T...

The aim of this work is to review a specific learning analytics method-sentiment analysis-in the field of Higher Education, showing how it is employed to monitor student satisfaction on different platforms, and to propose an architecture of Sentiment Analysis for Higher Education purposes, which trace and unify what emerges from the literature revi...

This paper contributes to the organisational study of the creativity applied to business innovation through the analysis of three propositions: (1) there are substantial differences between Creative Entrepreneurial Initiatives (CEIs) and non-CEIs, with regard to human capital factors, structural capital factors, intellectual property, and creative...

The recent creation of transport and information networks opens up two new and outstanding options: the interconnection of the economic areas and a new mediation between offer and demand in shipping. In this document the different ways of organization adopted by shipping companies were reviewed; their agreements, alliances, mergers and acquisitions...

The distribution of port traffic in Spain has traditionally shown high levels of concentration, especially for containerized cargo. However, the container movements as a whole hide a differential nature of containers’ flows: container movements: between Spanish ports (national cargo), between international ports (export and import cargo), or simply...

Sustainable development (SD) is a fundamental issue in the European Union. In this context, climate change and energy policy, which belong to environmental protection dimension, are key concepts. As energy produced from renewable energies (RES-E) does not involve the development of greenhouse gas emissions, they can contribute to limiting climate c...

Purpose – The persistence of shanty towns in cities is a major public issue due to the situation of poverty and abandonment of its inhabitants. Despite public authorities are concerned about this serious issue, they often fail to address suitably the problem due to their short-term goals. The purpose of this paper is to assess the public policies a...

Employment is one of the most effective mechanisms for inclusion, especially for groups who have a high risk of social exclusion, as inmate population. This study analyzes data collected from in-depth interviews with twenty-two prisoners in an intermediate position between the prison and the full freedom (ranked third grade) in two Social Integrati...

Sustainable economic development requires ensuring economic growth and development in terms of environmental protection by providing a bridge between sustainable economic growth, improvement in human health, social justice, employment and environmental protection. Our paper aims to study the situation of green jobs at the European Union level and t...

This paper analyzes public policies implemented to improve shanty towns in Spain. In this country, most of the shanty towns are inhabited by gypsy families in a situation of a multiple social exclusion. It is hypothesized that the implementation of appropriate public policies boosts the social inclusion of this population. The relocation of the gyp...

Maritime transport is not only one of the safest ways to move dangerous freight it is also one of the most profitable from the economic point of view. Despite this, accidents are inevitable and sometimes become in catastrophes. There are some geographical locations where these accidents or disasters are repeated frequently and then can be considere...

The deprivation of freedom for the prisoners, involves not only physical isolation, but also digital, which implies a strong isolation particularly painful in an “information society”. Spanish prison population is deprived of access Internet and all ICT that could contact inmates with outdoor life, this is mainly due to security issues. Not having...

The promotion of the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) among the population has been shown as an important matter of public policy to avoid the digital divide. In this paper differences in the impact of ICT in households are analyzed, and main demographic characteristics are considered. Based on the ICT Development Index (IDI)...

This paper analyzes public policies implemented to improve shanty towns in Spain. In this country, most of the shanty towns are inhabited by gypsy families in a situation of a multiple social exclusion. It is hypothesized that the implementation of appropriate public policies boosts the social inclusion of this population. The relocation of the gyp...

By 2020, the recent Spanish legislation (Law 22/2001) has fixed a goal about the amount of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste, which is difficult to achieve with the current stakeholders' behaviour. This paper examines a number of fiscal instruments to promote the prevention and control of pollution by encouraging the use of this type...

The inclusion of people with disabilities is a priority in advanced societies. To get it, education is one of the best tools. In this paper, we have studied the support for the inclusion of students with disabilities in the university environment. Our work is related to the theoretical model proposed by the Theory of Planned Behavior and was perfor...

Social exclusion may arise from a single cause, but there are some groups in a higher risk of getting it, because they are exposed to several different circumstances at once. Inclusion in the labor market is a key element to avoid it, since unemployment can drive to isolation and poverty. If this situation is combined with the lack of proper traini...

Social and educational inclusion of people with disabilities is an objective for all developed countries. This paper examines the perception of economics and business students regarding the sensitivity of higher education institutions to students with disabilities and the commitment and the role played by those institutions. Two typical universitie...

Los territorios rurales, sobre todo los del interior, tanto en España como en Portugal, sufren cada vez con más intensidad la baja densidad de población y, como consecuencia, su cohesión social está en riesgo. Es necesario encontrar caminos alternativos que defiendan intereses comunes de revitalización económica y social del interior, sin olvidar q...

Para lograr una plena inclusión y desarrollo de las personas con discapacidad es imprescindible que participen en un entorno laboral normalizado, lo que, además de contribuir a mejorar su calidad de vida, produce un incremento de la cohesión social y del bienestar colectivo. A pesar de que el marco legislativo es cada vez más favorable a la discrim...

This paper deals with the mobile technology as a new competitor in some hitherto quite closed markets. Particularly, digital photo camera market was until now widely focused into a few multinational firms, operating in international oligopolistic markets. The mobile smartphones technology leads to use the same device for quite different issues. The...

The use of technology is widespread in all areas of life, particularly among young people and particularly in learning environments. In this sense, college students have incorporated these technologies in different media and used them for many years. The use of ICT among students taking the same subjects is very different because of the sociologica...

Los valores democraticos presentes mayoritariamente en occidente han impulsado normas sociales favorables a la inclusion de colectivos en riesgo de exclusion social. Esta investigacion se centra en la inclusion de colectivos con discapacidad en el ambito de la universidad, para lo cual se realizo una encuesta a jovenes estudiantes universitarios ma...

Along with experience teaching microeconomics, the authors have found that the accuracy of the concepts used and graphic tools, as well as the broad mathematical analytical foundation used by this discipline, draw a stage where some students may feel lost, particularly when they face multiple choice questions. That’s why it’s not unusual to find so...

Digital divide is one of the major problems of Information Society and is linked with social exclusion. This work is focus on Spain situation and its relative position in the European Union, and study the major key points of it through the household reasons for have no Internet Access, taking into account socio-economics variables, as a key point t...

In the recent years, a growing body of research calls into question the homogeneity of digital natives in the knowledge and use of the web. This paper studies the assessment of the current web 3.0 by youth in terms of social networks and the Internet reliability using a model based on univariate and multivariate analysis with structural equations....

This paper examines the digital divides for women in rural areas within the Information Society, referring particularly to the Galician experience (Autonomous Region in the North West of Spain). In order to explore the barriers to social and labor exclusion it was elaborated a survey relating with the use and impact of ITC in social and labor exper...

RESUMENEl planteamiento de la inclusión en la educación ordinaria o tradicional de los colectivos con diversidad funcional o con discapacidad, ha sido ampliamente reconocido como el camino más adecuado para la consecución de los mejores resultados no sólo académicos sino también de bienestar social y económico. A pesar de que se han hecho grandes a...

According to the recent Spanish legislation, the amount of non-hazardous construction and demolition waste (C&D waste) by weight must be reduced by at least 70% by 2020. However, the current behavior of the stakeholders involved in the waste management process make this goal difficult to achieve. In order to boost changes in their strategies, we fi...

The current higher education programs use information and communication technologies to conduct interactive teaching and learning activities. This paper creates an educational method based on an Interaction Analysis Model through the use of chats in higher education. Compared to the traditional functions of the chats in education, our proposal intr...

Barreras físicas y barreras virtuales: delito y pena en la era digital. Nuevas políticas públicas para la reinserción Link a la revista: Resumen: En los centros penitenciarios españoles la población reclusa no puede acceder a Internet por motivos de seguridad. A pesar de las actuaciones gubernamentales en materia de exclusión digital que se están l...

Prison population represents a group at risk of exclusion. Others causes of exclusion are often added to the status of inmate; for instance, gender, ethnic group or race reasons. Female prison population, es-pecially, is a minority of that group. Others circumstances are added to be woman and inmate, overlap-ping them and doing difficult the achiev...

Formal equality recognition in the law has been carried out in international, European and national level by organisms and public administrations. In addition, action plans have been developed. The last Plan is the Equal Opportunities Strategic Plan 2008-2011. It is a state Plan and has twelve axis. The forth of them is referred with education, the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to address two issues. First research goal is about analyzing differences in perceived quality in higher education (HE) between a private and a public university centre. Second, the research aims to analyze which are the key dimensions in perceived quality in HE from the students’ standpoint. Design/methodolo...

Aínda que a exclusión social pode proceder dunha única causa, existen colectivos cunha maior probabilidade de padecela porque se atopan en varias destas circunstancias á vez. A inclusión no mercado laboral é unha peza fundamental para evitala, xa que o desemprego pode conducir ao illamento e á pobreza. Cando esta situación se combina coa carencia d...

The development of new technologies of information and communication ICT is creating a new group at risk of social exclusion: digital illiterates. This factor can be accumulated with other causes of exclusion, greatly complicating the full social inclusion. This is the case of a significant part of the prison population group in which the authors f...

The inclusion of students with disabilities in higher education helps people with disabilities and also to the entire university community. This paper analyzes the intent of supporting the inclusion of students with disabilities at university classroom, in the framework of Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), towards an empirical study conducted among...