Nuria Sánchez

• University of Cantabria

This study examines the influence of bullying at work on self-rated anxiety (SRA) across 19 European countries through the European Working Conditions Survey (2015 and 2021). Descriptive analysis highlights a significantly higher prevalence of bullying among women compared to men. The econometric analysis uncovers that the detrimental impact of bul...

On July 23, 2015, the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission (CNMC) passed judgement (S/0482/13) against 20 automotive sector companies for alleged restrictive competition practices between March 2004 and August 2013. The exchange of information among the different companies would have had repercussions on the fixing of vehicle sale pr...

This work considers the impact of the different job quality dimensions on Eurozone job satisfaction through the European Working Conditions Survey-2015. The econometric analysis, using a probit model (marginal effects), reveals that dimensions associated with Social environment, Skills and discretion, Prospects, and Earnings have a positive and sig...

On July 23, 2015, the Spanish National Markets and Competition Commission passed judgement (S/0482/13) against 20 automotive sector companies for alleged restrictive competition practices between March 2004 and August 2013. The exchange of information among the different companies would have had repercussions on the fixing of vehicle sale prices, h...

This study analyses the impact of working in the public sector on job satisfaction in Europe (19) through the European Working Condition Survey (EWCS). A grouping of countries is proposed based on the perception of workers regarding the functioning of the labor market. Econometric estimates show that public sector workers, at an aggregate level, ar...

This paper analyses how gender-based disparities in the Euro-Area affect women’s job satisfaction using the EWCS (2015), and the Global Gender Gap Index introduced by the World Economic Forum. Heckman's two-stage estimates show that women have a higher probability of job satisfaction than their male colleagues, which endorses the paradox of the fem...

This paper studies gender differences in job satisfaction considering job rank (managers, self-employed and employees) using the Spanish Quality of Life Survey (SQLS) for Spain throughout the period 2006-2010 and the sixth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) prepared in 2015, to test if the so-called "paradox of female contented worker" will...

This study analyses the differences in self-rated health (SRH) and self-rated anxiety (SRA) among the countries of the Euro-Area through the European Working Conditions Survey (2015). The article, thus, proposes a grouping of countries based on the Global Gender Gap Index, developed by the World Economic Forum, to justify differences in SRH and SRA...

This paper examines the differences in job satisfaction in the public and private sector using the Spanish Survey of Life Quality at Work throughout the period 2006–2010. We use several dimensions of job satisfaction perception (remuneration, promotion policy, time schedule, working hours, flexibility, breaks and holidays). Our results show that, a...

This paper analyses the differences in job satisfaction between men and women in the public and private sectors. Firstly, differences in satisfaction are analysed globally, and subsequently according to different domains of satisfaction: wage, social assistance, training, job stability, work hours, fexibility, holidays, organization at work, indepe...

Purpose The phenomenon of overeducation and the magnitude and persistence of the imbalance impact are analysed for the Spanish labour market from 2006 to 2013. Design/methodology/approach The authors present random-effects probit estimations comparing individuals and their short-term and long-term labour mismatches. Findings The results support t...

This paper examines the paradox between high relative levels of job satisfaction and the characteristics of women's jobs compared to men's in Spain. Three hypothesis are considered: i) the existence of a selection bias when participating in the labour market; ii) of the presence of adaptive job satisfaction; and iii) the existence of differences re...

Purpose The recent economic crisis in Spain is felt most severely in the labour market. The purpose of this paper is to examine job satisfaction among the occupied workers according to their job types throughout the ongoing economic cycle comparing the period of boom and that of bust. Design/methodology/approach Surprisingly, the average job sat...

This paper focuses on the effect of educational and skill mismatches of workers on overall job satisfaction, and on certain job domains such as salary, number of working hours, promotion opportunities and type of activity performed. An ordered probit model is estimated by using a data set from the Survey of Quality of Working Life (ECVT). In additi...

This paper focuses on the effect of educational and skill mismatches of workers on overall job satisfaction, and on certain job domains such as salary, number of working hours, promotion opportunities and type of activity performed. An ordered probit model is estimated by using a data set from the Survey of Quality of Working Life (ECVT). In additi...

This paper uses the REFLEX dataset to test the hypothesis that the generally observed negative impacts of overeducation and overskilling on both job satisfaction and earnings can be attributed to under-utilisation in specific job related skills. We find that the penalties to both forms of mismatch are insensitive to the inclusion of controls for ov...

Using a panel of large firms from Spain, we check the relative time persistence of different types of labour conflicts such as strikes, collective conflicts, lockouts and other conflicts with lost working hours but without the previous stated legal forms for labour conflicts. We present random-effects probit estimations comparing observations with...

To analyse the existence of occupational segregation between older people without and with disabilities in an European context. Particular attention is paid to the positive relationship between female participation and occupational segregation among older workers with disabilities. Using data from the first two waves (2004 and 2007) of the Survey o...

In this article we analyse how labour market imperfections affect training hours using a firms panel from Spain. In fact, we use the scope of collective bargaining as a proxy for the relative strength of organized labour because of the Spanish institutional framework. We find a clear and relevant positive effect of collective agreements at the firm...

Este trabajo tiene por objetivo estudiar que influencia tienen los convenios colectivos en las diferencias salariales entre trabajadores. Para ello utilizamos la Encuesta de Estructura Salarial de 2002 que proporciona información tanto del trabajador como de la empresa. Se trata por tanto, de comprobar si el tipo de convenio, condiciona buena parte...

The values of saving in the time spent in journeys to study locations range from 3.04 €/hour for students with low preference for leisure (α=0), to 1.35 €/hour for students with very high preference for leisure. The estimated coefficients of supply variables are affected by negative signs, results which are intuitively appropriate and show us that...

En este trabajo se analizan los diferenciales salariales por género (DSG) en los distintos sectores de la economía española durante el desarrollismo franquista (1960-1975). En la primera sección se repasa la literatura sobre las causas de la existencia de diferenciales salariales en la historia del pensamiento económico con el fin de establecer alg...

El objetivo de este trabajo se centra en estudiar las diferencias salariales de los trabajadores españoles teniendo en cuenta la propiedad de la empresa, es decir si ésta es pública o privada. Se trata por tanto, de comprobar si las diferencias observables de salarios entre empresa pública y privada se deben a las características propias de los tra...

This article aims to analyse salary differences for reasons of gender in the different sectors of the Spanish economy during the unimpeded development of Franco?s Spain (1960-1975). The first section reviews literature written about the reasons, in the history of economic thought, for such differences, with a view to establishing some hypothesis to...

En esta investigación se elabora un modelo original que permite obtener diferentes valores del tiempo de viaje y analizar como influyen las nuevas tecnologías en tales valores. Se proporciona un modelo teórico más general que los tradicionales, cuyo principal resultado es que el valor del tiempo de viaje, en presencia de nuevas tecnologías, es en t...

The labor market is a crucial institution in any economy. It supplies firms with one of the inputs in the production process, labor. Moreover, it allows potential employees to find a job in accord with their preferences and skills. The smooth functioning of the labor market is thus a key piece in order for economic resources to be allocated efficie...

This paper focuses on analysing the factors which can determine firm training decisions, focusing on the scope of collective bargaining as a proxy of union strenght at plant level. We have organized this article in three parts: first of all we review the literature taking into account the traditional theory of Becker based on a perfect competitive...