The labor market participation of women has been converging to that of men across many high-income economies during recent decades. For instance, in the euro area (and according to Labour Force data from Eurostat), the percent of females employed in the population aged 20 to 64 went from 54.9% in...

The prevalence and determinants of intimate partner violence (IPV) among older women are understudied. This paper documents that the incidence of IPV remains high at old ages and provides the first evidence of the impact of access to income on IPV for older women. We leverage a Mexican reform that...

This paper provides a theoretical framework to study the relationship between expanded road capacity, traffic volumes and increased economic activity. We build on Anas (2024) to show that increased traffic volumes do not necessarily lead to congestion if adjustments in econòmic factors, such as population or employment, are not substantial....

This paper examines the lasting impact of tourism specialization on per capita income in Spanish municipalities, aiming to understand the factors driving these effects. We employ two distinct approaches. The first one focuses on tourism development since the initial boom in the 1960s and relies on cross-sectional variation in tourism...

Have the recent changes in reproductive rights changed women’s perceptions of discrimination and fair treatment relative to men’s perceptions? To address this question, we collected online survey data (N=1,374) during spring 2023 using a randomized design that provided information about the enactment of State antiabortion laws and the overturning of...

In a globalized world, business competitiveness is particularly important; within it, taxes can play a key role. When can a tax system be considered competitive? One easy and immediate answer has to do with the level of taxation: a low tax burden compared with other countries would ensure a competitive...