Una nueva matriz de contabilidad social para España : la SAM 90

En este artículo presentamos una nueva matriz de contabilidad social de la economía española para 1990 (SAM-90). Nuestro punto de partida es una valoración minuciosa de la MCS-90, una matriz elaborada por un grupo de investigación del IVIE que publicó el INE en 1997. La SAM-90 subsana algunas de las inconsistencias detectadas en la MCS-90, distingue un mayor número de bienes y servicios destinados al consumo, desagrega las actividades del sector exterior en dos áreas de comercio, la Unión Europea y el Resto del mundo, y proporciona un mayor detalle de las operaciones de distribución de las AA.PP., tanto desde el punto de vista impositivo como del gasto. Por todo ello, la SAM-90 es una herramienta más fiable y versátil que la MCS-90 para analizar los efectos de las políticas públicas sobre la asignación de recursos y el bienestar en economías abierta

Could gender wage discrimination explain regional differences in productivity?

Abstract Human capital and productive structure could account for an important part of the differences in productivity between Spanish regions; nevertheless we consider that gender wage discrimination could also have effects on it. The existence of a degree of discrimination means that there is a wage differential in which employer prefer to hire less productive workers instead of discriminated workers. Thus, the cost of producing a unit of product would be higher than the cost of producing without discrimination, i.e. discrimination could has effects on productivity. Based on Becker (1957) we develop a maximization problem with discrimination using an aggregate production function with constant elasticity of substitution (CES). As a result, we get a productivity function depending on discrimination and other traditional factors such as wages or production. Our results show that the discrimination growth hast a negative and significant effect on productivity for the Spanish regions

Performance of bidimensional location quotients for constructing input–output tables

This article seeks to verify the extent to which the formulation of two-dimensional location quotients (2D-LQ) entails a methodological advance in building or generating economic accounts related to sub-territories drawing from basic information. The input–output tables of the Euro Area 19 for 2010 and 2015 are references for analysis. We have used five statistics to measure similarity between true domestic coefficient matrices for ten countries (Austria, Belgium, Estonia, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain) and the matrices they generate using nonsurvey techniques (CILQ, FLQ, AFLQ, and 2D-LQ). The focus substantially centers on ranking methodological efficiency by comparing the results of the four techniques mentioned above. The scope of the work employs standard parameters (associated with 2D-LQ) as guidance to ascertain the optimum parametersS

Una modificación del cociente de localización interindustrial para la proyección de las tablas input-output subterritoriales

Economic accounts at sub-territorial level are projected primarily through Location Quotients (LQ). The degrees of sectoral specialisation at this level will therefore be key in spatial projections. This article advocates rectified use of the Cross-Industry Location Quotient (CILQ). Indirectly, the aim is to check to what extent CILQs are well exploited, given that they are the fundamental reference in other techniques. The input-output (IO) tables for the Euro 19 Area for 2010 and 2015 are taken as a reference for analysis purposes. A statistic is used to measure the degree of similarity between the accounting frameworks of ten countries in the Euro Area and their projections using CILQ, Flegg's formula, its augmented version, and the CILQ variant.La proyección de cuentas económicas a nivel sub-territorial se establece primordialmente a través de cocientes de localización (LQ). Así, los grados de especialización sectoriales a dicho nivel actuarán como piezas clave en las proyecciones espaciales. En este artículo se reivindica un uso rectificado del Cross-Industry Location Quotient (CILQ). Indirectamente, se trata de comprobar hasta qué punto los CILQ están bien explotados, dado que son la referencia fundamental en otras técnicas. A efectos de análisis, se toman como referencia las tablas input-output (IO) del Área Euro 19 para los años 2010 y 2015. Se recurre a un estadístico para medir el grado de similitud entre los marcos contables de diez países de dicha área y sus proyecciones mediante el CILQ, la fórmula de Flegg, su versión aumentada y la variante del CILQ

A Measuring Tourism Specialization: a Composite Indicator for the Spanish Regions

Tourism sector is playing a key role in the development of a region, therefore tourism activities continue to growth in the last year despite the actual crisis (UNWTO 2011). Also, Spain maintains in the better positions of the world ranking. Furthermore, Tourism activities generate around 10% of GPD and represents 11.5% of total workers of the Spanish Economy in 2011. Nevertheless, this is not true for all the Spanish Regions. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the tourism specialization in the Spanish Provinces. In general previous literature supports the idea that tourism enhances economic growth (Neves & Maças 2008). Given that we are able to define Tourism specialization from very different perspectives, it is essential to review the previous literature and clarify which indicators are the best ones to measure tourism specialization. In order to measure tourism specialization from a wide point of view, we account for both demand and supply side variables for tourism sector, and amenities. We developed principal component analysis (PCA) in order to summarize the information provided by the different measures. It is essential to understand the relationship between tourism characteristics, amenities and its economic impacts for public policies and tourism managing. Tourism sector is playing a key role in the development of a region, therefore tourism activities continue to growth in the last year despite the actual crisis (UNWTO 2011). Also, Spain maintains in the better positions of the world ranking. Furthermore, Tourism activities generate around 10% of GPD and represents 11.5% of total workers of the Spanish Economy in 2011. Nevertheless, this is not true for all the Spanish Regions. The main purpose of this paper is to analyze the tourism specialization in the Spanish Provinces. In general previous literature supports the idea that tourism enhances economic growth (Neves & Maças 2008). Given that we are able to define Tourism specialization from very different perspectives, it is essential to review the previous literature and clarify which indicators are the best ones to measure tourism specialization. In order to measure tourism specialization from a wide point of view, we account for both demand and supply side variables for tourism sector, and amenities. We developed principal component analysis (PCA) in order to summarize the information provided by the different measures. It is essential to understand the relationship between tourism characteristics, amenities and its economic impacts for public policies and tourism managing

Caracterización de los tumores de mama familiares mediante citogenética molecular

Tesis Doctoral inédita leída en la Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Facultad de Ciencias, Departamento de Biología Molecular. Fecha de lectura: 28-03-200