LA PRODUCTIVIDAD

Mi trabajo trata de la productividad , es del área de economía<br /

EMPLEOS VERDES

En el presente Trabajo Fin de Grado se va a hacer un recorrido desde las razones fundamentales de la creación de los empleos verdes, la necesidad de reducir las emisiones de CO2 a la atmósfera y el problema de la escasez de recursos, su delimitación conceptual y requisitos que han de cumplir para considerarse como tal, los sectores que se han considerado yacimiento de este tipo de ocupaciones y las tendencias que se van a seguir en los próximos años con respecto al desarrollo e implantación de los empleos verdes<br /

Household size and residential water demand: an empirical approach

The effectiveness of pricing policies depends on the price elasticity of consumption. It is well documented that residential demand for water is influenced by heterogeneity associated with differences in the size of the household and socioeconomic characteristics. In this paper, we focus on household size. Our initial hypothesis is that users’ sensitivity to changes in price is different depending on the number of household members. To this end, we carry out an empirical estimation of urban water demand in Zaragoza (Spain) distinguishing between households with different sizes using data at the individual level. As far as we are aware, this approach to urban residential water demand is new in the literature. The analysis suggests that all households are sensitive to prices regardless of size. A more relevant finding is that small households are more sensitive to price changes

Lessons from an aborted second-generation rent control in Catalonia

This study investigates the effects of short-lived rent control regulations introduced in Catalonia in September 2020 and revoked in March 2022. Using the microdata of the largest Spanish housing advertisement portal idealista between January 2017 and May 2022, we analyze the dynamics of prices and supply for dwellings offered for rent and for sale. We also examine separately the rental and sales markets. We find that the introduction of rent control led to a reduction in rents in both controlled and uncontrolled Catalan municipalities, while quantities virtually did not react to it. The selling prices of dwellings remained unchanged, whereas their supply increased substantially. The revocation of rent control caused a strong increase in the rental and selling prices in all municipalities, no increase in the supply, with the exception of the supply of regulated dwellings for sale. In addition, using the macrodata on housing construction we find that during the rent-control period the average number of monthly dwelling starts in Catalonia declined by 6% compared to January 2019 - September 2020, while nationwide it increased by almost 12%. Thus, the effects are broadly consistent with the predictions of the economic literature on rent controls