¿Por qué los partidos políticos antiinmigración obtienen mejores resultados en zonas con menos inmigrantes? Los últimos datos internacionales sugieren que los partidos con políticas contrarias a la inmigración suelen recibir más respaldo electoral en zonas con baja presencia de inmigrantes. Por ejemplo, en las elecciones presidenciales francesas de 2017, Emmanuel...

Why do anti-immigrant political parties have more success in areas that host fewer immigrants? Using regression discontinuity design, structural breaks search methods and data from a sample of Italian municipalities, we show that the relationship between the vote shares of anti-immigrant parties and the share of immigrants follows a U-shaped...

El cambio climático es una amenaza grave para las generaciones actuales y futuras. El impacto del calentamiento global ya se está manifestando y existe un consenso notable sobre la necesidad de afrontar esta situación. Para ello es necesario un nuevo modelo energético que permita una reducción de las emisiones de...

This paper proposes a novel methodology for delineating urban areas based on a machine learning algorithm that groups buildings within portions of space of sufficient density. To do so, we use the precise geolocation of all 12 million buildings in Spain. We exploit building heights to create a new dimension...

There is growing debate, both social and academic, about the possibility of levying an annual wealth tax. Until a few years ago, such a proposal appeared difficult to both implement and control, but recent technological innovations, which could greatly facilitate the periodic valuation of wealth, combined with improvements in international...

With the world becoming increasingly digitalized, ICT has a key role to play in the educational process. The aim of this research is to determine the personal characteristics of teachers, as well as those of the school and class environment, that make them more likely to use ICT in their...