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A Class of Indices and a Graphical Tool to Monitor Temperature Anomalies
Hueso-González, Paloma
; Ruiz-Sinoga, José Damián; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Molina-Luque, Julián (SAGE journal, 2020-02-26)
We propose a graphical device—Three I’s of Anomalies (TIA) curves—that provides information on the incidence, intensity, and inequality (variability) of air temperature anomalies. We also propose a class of indices that ... -
A comparative analysis on how much individuals are left behind in the former state socialist countries of the European Union
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; García-Pardo, Francisca; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (Elsevier, 2024-07)
This paper examines the extent to which individuals from the former state socialist countries of the EU’s Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries have been left behind compared to the rest of EU individuals from Western ... -
A Fuzzy Logic Based Approach to Measure the Principle of "Leaving no one Behind" on Multidimensional Poverty
In this paper we present a fuzzy multidimensional approach for the measurement of the ‘leaving no one behind’ principle underlying the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in European countries. In particular, we consider ... -
An axiomatic approach to measure the 'Leave No One Behind' principle.
García-Pardo, Francisca; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María (Elsevier, 2022)
‘Leave no one behind’ has become an important principle of the entire 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals that brings inequality to the centre stage. Although a precise definition of ... -
Analysing child and overall poverty in Europe countries through quantitative techniques.
González-Gallardo, Sandra; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús; Luque-Gallego, Mariano (2023)
Reducing the poverty rate is one of society's greatest challenges. In this sense, this work analyses the poverty in twenty-four European countries through a combination of statistical and multiobjective techniques. Our ... -
Assesing individual income growth with relative concerns.
This paper addresses the assessment of individual income growth providing a framework in which each individual accounts for own income growth and for the growth of each individual’s reference group. We take as a starting ... -
Assessing regional convergence of middle classes size in Euro-Mediterranean countries.
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Melchor Ferrer, Elías; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (Taylor & Francis, 2023-07-13)
Historically, Euro-Mediterranean European countries have presented high levels of intra- and interregional socio-economic inequalities and are regular recipients of financial support under European Union Cohesion Policy. ... -
Assessing Territorial Units’ Contribution to Convergence Beyond Aggregate Measures: The Role of Neighbourhood
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; García-Pardo, Francisca; Muñoz Fernández, Ana; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (Springer, 2024)
This paper provides an analytical framework for the study of spatial income dynamics using the classical measures of σ-convergence (reduction in dispersion) and β-convergence (poor areas grow more quickly than rich ones) ... -
COVID-19 Lockdown and Housing Deprivation Across European Countries.
Ayala Cañón, Luis; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Cantó, Olga; Navarro, Carolina (Elsevier, 2022-02-20)
Housing deprivation is a key determinant of the capacity to prevent infection and to recover from a disease because poor housing prevents adequate sheltering during a quarantine. We analyze the degree of housing deprivation ... -
Devolution in the U.S. welfare reform: divergence and degradation in state benefits.
Ayala Cañón, Luis; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Martínez Vázquez, Jorge (Springer Nature, 2022-03-18)
The passage of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) in 1996 devolved responsibility for the design of welfare programs from the federal to state governments in the U.S. The strategies ... -
Economic Fluctuations, Child Mortality and Policy Considerations in the Least Developed Countries
Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús; Blanco-Arana, María del Carmen; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María (2013-09-19)
Between 1990 and 2010 child mortality decreased in general terms in the Least Developed Countries (LDCs), although the differences between countries over time are significant. This paper examines the relationship between ... -
Economic Gender gap in the Global South: How Public Institutions Matter.
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Medina-Claros, Samuel; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (Springer Nature, 2021-05-21)
One of the most challenging gender gaps in the Global South remains in the economic sphere. This paper examines how public institutions affect the gender gap in economic participation and opportunities in 74 developing and ... -
Economic Gender Gap: Which Countries Are Falling Behind?
Medina-Claros, Samuel; García-Pardo, Francisca; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús; Bárcena-Martín, Elena María (The Association of Economists of Vojvodina, 2021)
Economic parity continues to be one of the main challenges to achieving gender equality worldwide, even though disparities between countries in the economic gender gap are frequently neglected. In this paper, we use a fuzzy ... -
Economic regulation, opportunity-driven entrepreneurship and gender gap: emerging versus high income economies.
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Medina-Claros, Samuel; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (SAGE, 2021-02-16)
Purpose – Institutional environment plays a crucial role in determining the nature of entrepreneurship that prevails in an economy. In this paper, we address how business, labour and credit regulations contribute differently ... -
Essays on Monetary Policy and Financial Markets: Implications for Income Inequality.
(UMA Editorial, 2024)La lucha contra las desigualdades económicas y la crisis climática son elementos fundamentales para el logro de un crecimiento económico inclusivo y sostenible que permita progresar hacia la consecución de los Objetivos ... -
Evaluating the effectiveness of social transfer policies on poverty for children with previous experience in poverty
Bárcena-Martín, Elena María; Blanco-Arana, María del Carmen; Pérez-Moreno, Salvador Jesús (Springer Nature, 2023-11-10)
This paper assesses the effectiveness of social benefit programs on children who had prior experience with poverty across 27 European countries in the years following the Great Recession (2012–2015). Even though social ...