Javier G. Polavieja, Universidade Carlos III de Madrid;
Behind rejection of the other, and xenophobia, lie factors such as the country’s macroeconomic evolution, individual economic vulnerability and worker exposure to job competition.
Javier G. Polavieja, Universidade Carlos III de Madrid; María Ramos, Universidade Carlos III de Madrid; Mariña Fernández-Reino, Migration Observatory (Oxford);
Does emigration always bring with it a dose of ambition? We analyse whether immigrants are more oriented toward success, risk, and money than their non-migrant compatriots.
Pedro Rey Biel, Researcher at ESADE-Universitat Ramon Llull; Nagore Iriberri, Ikerbasque Research Professor at Universidad del País Vasco;
Are women worse at competing? This article shows that factors exist, of a cultural nature, that can explain part of the discrimination that women suffer in the jobs market.
Lídia Farré, Universitat de Barcelona, IAE (CSIC), MOVE e IZA; Francesco Fasani, Queen Mary University of London, IZA e CEPR; Hannes Mueller, IAE (CSIC), Barcelona GSE e MOVE; Adaptation: Michele Catanzaro;
Stress, depression, insomnia, tension, feeling of uselessness… This article analyses how the mental health of workers was affected by the economic crisis and long-term unemployment.