UNEMPLOYMENT DURATION, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS AND RECALLS

We use administrative micro-data to investigate exits from unemployment of benefit recipients in Spain. Because the data allow us to distinguish between transitions to a new job and recall to the same employer, we apply a competing risks model with observed and unobserved heterogeneity. We are also able to control for the type of benefit received by the worker: insurance benefit or assistance benefit. We find significant differences between the new job hazard and the recall hazard. Both hazard rates increase around the time that insurance benefit elapses. We also find that when larger firms recall unemployed workers they tend to do so faster than smaller firms. In general, our results are consistent with predictions derived from search and implicit contract models. They highlight the importance of taking into account the possibility of recall in the analysis of unemployment duration among unemployment benefit recipients.

Unemployment duration, unemployment benefits and recalls

We use administrative micro-data to investigate exits from unemployment of benefit recipients in Spain. Because the data allow us to distinguish between transitions to a new job and recall to the same employer, we apply a competing risks model with observed and unobserved heterogeneity. We are also able to control for the type of benefit received by the worker: insurance benefit or assistance benefit. We find significant differences between the new job hazard and the recall hazard. Both hazard rates increase around the time that insurance benefit elapses. We also find that when larger firms recall unemployed workers they tend to do so faster than smaller firms. In general, our results are consistent with predictions derived from search and implicit contract models. They highlight the importance of taking into account the possibility of recall in the analysis of unemployment duration among unemployment benefit recipients

Exits from unemployment : recall or new job

This paper studies transitions out of unemployment in Spain distinguishing between recall to the same employer and reemployment in a new job. We use a large sample of newly unemployed workers obtained from Social Security records for Spain. These data contain information about each individual's employer identy before and after the unemployment spell. A discrete-time duration model with competing risks of exits serves us to investigate the factors that influence the probabilities of leaving unemployment to return to the same employer or to find a new job with a different employer. We find that the route to exit unemployment is determinant to understand the influence of individual an job characteristics on the hazard rate, as well as the latter dependence on unemployment duration. The recall hazard rate exhibits positive duration dependence during the first months and negative duration dependence thereafter (it is larger for females), while the new-job hazard presents positive duration dependence (it is larger for males

Intervención en el Ciberbullyng: menores en las redes

Treball Final de Grau en Criminologia i Seguretat. Codi: CS1044. Curs acadèmic 2015-2016El objetivo de este trabajo, por lo tanto, es un estudio del ciberbullying, de qué se trata, las formas en las que se puede llevar a cabo, y las diferencias y similitudes que presenta respecto al bullying. Es necesario hacer mención de las características de los perfiles de los individuos involucrados, tanto de la víctima como del agresor, entre otras cosas. Finalmente, el trabajo se va a enfocar en los diferentes programas de prevención e intervención que existen y sus objetivos. Por lo tanto, es importante saber primero qué es el ciberbullying, para después entender los programas de tratamiento y, también, comprender que cada uno puede ser efectivo dependiendo de muchos factores, como puede ser la edad o el propio desarrollo del individuo. También se hará referencia a una serie de programas y a sus características, pues cada uno se enfoca a unos objetivos similares pero de maneras distintas. Todo ello, sin dejar de tener en cuenta que el ciberbullying es una de las muchas formas de manifestación del bullying tradicional, por lo que tiene muchas cosas en común, incluidos los programas antibullyingThe objective of this work is the study of cyberbullying, what it is, the forms that it can be done, and the differences and similarities that presents with bullying. Is necessary to talk about the involved individuals profile characteristics, both the victim and the aggressor, and another important things. Finally, the work will focus on the different programs of prevention and intervention and their objectives. Therefore, is important to know what is cyberbullying, for then understand the treatment programs, and also interpret that each one can be effective depending of many factors, like the age or individual development. Also will be referred some programs and their characteristics, well each program are focused on similar objectives but by different ways. All of this considering that cyberbullying is one of a lot of forms that the traditional bullying manifests, so that has many common things, including anti-bullying programs

Redes Sociales creativas para portfolios. El caso de Behance en España

El presente trabajo trata sobre las comunidades creativas y cómo se utilizan como herramienta para exponer los portfolios, con la intención de tener una repercusión en el sector. El objetivo final es que los demás usuarios te valoren, para así poder, en la mayoría de casos, acceder a un empleo afín a sus dotes creativas. Se ha hecho un recorrido por las diferentes redes sociales creativas, más utilizadas por este tipo de usuarios, haciendo especial hincapié en la plataforma Behance, considerada como una de las más influyentes en el sector de la creatividad. Éstas plataformas acaban siendo una herramienta fundamental para cualquier creativo, profesional que pretenda darse a conocer más allá de su ámbito habitual y poder optar a expandirse creando una marca personal fuerte y duradera. En dicha comunidad se han estudiado los perfiles más valorados a nivel nacional en España, y se ha llevado a cabo un análisis de estos, tanto del perfil profesional como de los trabajos que mayor número de valoraciones positivas reúnen. Para ello también hemos llevado a cabo un cuestionario que le hemos planteado a diversos diseñadores gráficos, todos con una valoración muy positiva en Behance, comunidad creativa por excelencia, en la que la mayoría de diseñadores, creativos, ilustradores y artistas, muestran sus trabajos y el proceso de creación de estos.Grado en Publicidad y Relaciones Pública

Surfaces and interfaces characterization for the development of diamond power electronic devices

The management of electric energy is one of the more important challenges of humanity with increasing energy demands. High power elements in the electric grid such as rectifiers are currently based on silicon. Design of new architectures has kept silicon-based devices on top of the high-power devices market. However, the inherent limitations of silicon have lead researchers to explore other semiconductor candidates. Diamond superior electronic and thermal properties make it a promising candidate for its application in high-power and high-frequency regime. For this reason, diamond has generated great interest to researchers in the last decades. The new methods of diamond synthesis fostered and opened research towards this new technology. As a wide band-gap semiconductor, diamond insulating nature makes its electronic application very dependent on scientific and technologic aspects such as doping, surface and interface phenomena as well as other device manufacturing process implications. Therefore, success in defining the ultimate performance of diamond electronic devices will require a thorough examination of the most relevant electronic aspects in them, in order to understand their origins and take control over the consequences. This thesis is framed on the surface and interface aspects of (100) diamond for its application in electronic devices. It is first focused on one of the most accepted concepts on diamond electronics: the relevance of diamond surface terminations for the definition of the device performance. The use of the angle-resolved X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (ARXPS) mode has prompted the reinterpretation of the electronic contributions near the surface and has allowed opening the discussion on the origin of surface p-type conduction of the hydrogenated surface. Regarding oxygen termination, the ARXPS results have served as a starting platform for new models of surface reconstruction that go through the consideration of sp2 hybridizations, breaking with the strongly rooted conception of ideal full-sp3 surface reconstruction. On the other hand, interface aspects are discussed in the frame of metal-diamond junctions, which is the base structure for ohmic and Schottky contacts. The metal-diamond reaction has been linked to the low thermal stability of the contact and the deterioration of its electronic behaviour. To avoid this reaction, some researchers have chosen a preformed carbide with a metallic character such as WC, showing high thermal stability and a close to ideal Schottky behaviour. The comprehensive interface nanoscopic characterization allows this thesis to put into perspective its phenomenology in such Schottky structures with that of other options. The results of this thesis will help to better understand and continue the debate on some of the fundamental scientific aspects of diamond-based electronic devices

Technical Note TN 2.2 Fuel load sampling of a Cupressus sempervirens hedge

In this document, data from a destructive sampling of a Cupressus sempervirens hedgerow are shown, as well as the followed methodology. Measures of sizes and weights have been taken. With these data, moisture content, fuel load and bulk density have been calculated. Different fuel classes (state and diameter) have been taken into account.Postprint (updated version

Implementation of ECRIF framework to improve speaking skills in a1 level students at Instituto Tecnológico T´Sachila in Santo Domingo 2021

To implement the ECRIF framework to improve speaking skills in A1 level students at Instituto Tecnológico T´sachila in Santo Domingo 2021.This research work aimed to review the state of the art of the ECRIF framework to be applied to improve the oral production of the English students at the T’sachila Institute. The information was collected using field research instruments such as an interview and a survey which helped identify the problems of the first-level A1 English students and teachers. With this vital information, the researcher identified the most appropriate speaking strategies to improve the students’ speaking skills to encourage and motivate students' interest in practicing their speech. The study had a quasi-experimental design that applied a pre-test and post-test. A proposal based on the ECRIF framework with speaking strategies such as group conversations, dialogues, debates, and picture descriptions were applied during the intervention. As a result of this research, there was a notable improvement in the student's pronunciation and intonation, lexical range, appropriateness of linguistic choices, grammatical accuracy, fluency, communications strategies, cohesion, and coherence according to the A1 level of English based on the CEFR of languages. Discussion of the research questions, conclusions, and recommendations are based on the applications and implications of this study.Maestrí

The impact of information and communication technology and internal market orientation blending on organisational performance in small and medium enterprises

Purpose: The present study examines the concept of internal market orientation (IMO) and its effects on organisational performance comprising job satisfaction and employees’ loyalty in the small and medium enterprises (SMEs) research context. Rooted in administrative theory, human relations theory, conventional theories of IMO, and internal marketing, this study develops a novel iIMO theoretical framework which evinces the proliferation of ICTs in SMEs. Design/methodology/approach: The proposed concept was empirically investigated by means of surveying 316 SME employees with the application of a multi-stage sampling procedure. Findings: Research findings confirmed the viability of the ICT-supported iIMO framework, its positive effects on SMEs’ organisational performance, and exhibited ample empirical evidence for the proficiency of the iIMO concept and its suitability for operationalisation by SMEs. Originality/value: This study introduces ICTs as a novel IMO dimension which considers the undergoing holistic digitalisation of businesses. In addition, the present research posits the plausibility and confirms the benefits that arise following iIMO implementation in SMEs