Endogenous Government Policy and Welfare Caseloads

Governments can soften the impact of the business cycles on welfare caseloads introducing changes in benefit levels or in the proportion of claimants that enter in the program. This paper is motivated by this concern and takes as its starting point both the intensive literature on the determinants of welfare caseloads and the fundamentals of public choice theory applied to the design of welfare programs. The paper is based on data from the minimum income program of Catalonia’s Government (PIRMI). We use time-series analysis to find that unemployment has strong and significant lagged effects on the caseload. Second, the generosity of the program is clearly predictive of receipt of benefit even in a context of high and growing unemployment rates. We also found, however, a fairly strong correlation between unemployment growth and the proportion of rejected applications. This later parameter might have been the chosen tool to moderate the increase in the number of recipients.España. Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnología ECO2010- 21668-C03-0

1989-2019. XXX Aniversario de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Albacete (libro completo)

En octubre de 1989 empieza la andadura de la Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales de Albacete en la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. 30 años después, es momento de hacer balance de las tres décadas de historia de este centro universitario. Por él han pasado muchas personas, hombres y mujeres de distintas edades, que con su esfuerzo han transmitido su conocimiento o se han formado para desarrollar su profesión con éxito. Precisamente, son ellas las que mejor conocen los inicios y el devenir de nuestra Facultad desde dichas fechas hasta la actualidad y las que, al haber sido parte de su historia, pueden contar mejor lo que significó, lo que significa y lo que debería significar en el futuro, en base a dicha experiencia y aprendizaje pero también siendo conscientes de las características del entorno al que se enfrenta y la necesidad de adaptación al mismo no sólo para sobrevivir sino para tener éxito en su misión formativa

Contemporary use of cefazolin for MSSA infective endocarditis: analysis of a national prospective cohort

Objectives: This study aimed to assess the real use of cefazolin for methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus (MSSA) infective endocarditis (IE) in the Spanish National Endocarditis Database (GAMES) and to compare it with antistaphylococcal penicillin (ASP). Methods: Prospective cohort study with retrospective analysis of a cohort of MSSA IE treated with cloxacillin and/or cefazolin. Outcomes assessed were relapse; intra-hospital, overall, and endocarditis-related mortality; and adverse events. Risk of renal toxicity with each treatment was evaluated separately. Results: We included 631 IE episodes caused by MSSA treated with cloxacillin and/or cefazolin. Antibiotic treatment was cloxacillin, cefazolin, or both in 537 (85%), 57 (9%), and 37 (6%) episodes, respectively. Patients treated with cefazolin had significantly higher rates of comorbidities (median Charlson Index 7, P <0.01) and previous renal failure (57.9%, P <0.01). Patients treated with cloxacillin presented higher rates of septic shock (25%, P = 0.033) and new-onset or worsening renal failure (47.3%, P = 0.024) with significantly higher rates of in-hospital mortality (38.5%, P = 0.017). One-year IE-related mortality and rate of relapses were similar between treatment groups. None of the treatments were identified as risk or protective factors. Conclusion: Our results suggest that cefazolin is a valuable option for the treatment of MSSA IE, without differences in 1-year mortality or relapses compared with cloxacillin, and might be considered equally effective