Olga Alonso-Villar
Biographic Data
| ID | 271772 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Olga Alonso-Villar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Olga |
| FAMILY NAME | Alonso-Villar |
| SIGNATURE | ALONSO-VILLAR O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidade de Vigo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7355-0279 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 90 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Poverty among same-sex couple families in the United States: Is there a premium for married couples
This paper explores the monetary poverty of families headed by same-sex couples, a group understudied in the poverty literature. This research contributes to the literature by documenting how same-sex couples rank with respect to different-sex couples when (a) employing poverty indicators that allow us to move beyond the poverty incidence; (b) measuring not only absolute poverty, which is the usual approach in US studies, but also relative povert…
Gender, Race, and Class in an Intersectional Framework: Occupations and Wages in the United States
Using family income as a class measure, we explore whether the gender and racial/ethnic gaps in hourly wages are the same across classes for 2015–2019. We show that the “mark of gender” extends beyond race/ethnicity and class. The conditional wages of women of any race/ethnicity are lower than those of any male group of the same class (except that lowerclass Asian women rank above lower-class Black men). Beyond differences in human capital, the w…
Disentangling Occupational Sorting from Within-Occupation Disparities: Earnings Differences Among 12 Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups in the U.S
This paper quantifies the role that occupations play in explaining wage differences among 12 gender–race/ethnicity groups without including occupations as control variables in wage equations. Our approach, based on a counterfactual analysis that involves a re-weighting scheme, has three advantages. First, it allows enlarging the small list of occupations usually employed in the literature. Second, it directly addresses the fact that occupational …
Keeping races in their places: The dividing lines that shaped the American city
On Measuring Segregation in a Multigroup Context: Standardized Versus Unstandardized Indices
There has been little discussion about the consequences of using standardized, rather than unstandardized, segregation measures when comparing societies with different demographic compositions. This paper explores standardization in a multigroup setting through an analytical framework that offers a clear distinction between the measurement of overall and local segregation, embeds existing indices within this framework, and addresses gaps in previ…
Socio‐economic groups moving apart: An analysis of recent trends in residential segregation in Australia's main capital cities
We study changes in the spatial distribution and segregation of socio‐economic groups in Australia using a new data set with harmonised census data for 1991 and 2011. We find a general increase in residential segregation by education and occupation groups across the major capital cities in Australia. Importantly, these trends cannot be explained in general by changes in the demographic structure of groups and areas but rather by the rise in the o…
The welfare effects of occupational segregation by gender and race: Differences across US Regions
Using tools rooted in welfare economics, this paper explores the social welfare loss that arises from occupational segregation by gender and race in the US at the regional level. After controlling for characteristics, the losses are lower in the Northeast than in the South and West according to a wide range of indicators, including those that take into account the relative size of disadvantaged groups (incidence), the magnitude of their losses (i…
Segregation and Social Welfare: A Methodological Proposal with an Application to the U.S
The Occupational Segregation of African American Women: Its Evolution from 1940 to 2010
Based on detailed occupation titles and making use of measures that do not require pair-wise comparisons, this paper shows that the occupational segregation of African American women declined dramatically in 1940–80, decreased slightly in 1980–2000, and remained stagnant in 2000–10. This paper quantifies the well-being losses that African American women derive from their occupational sorting. The reduction of segregation was indeed accompanied by…
Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the US: Differences across metropolitan areas
The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940–2010: Gains and Losses of Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups
The aim of this article is twofold: (1) to descriptively explore the evolution of occupational segregation of women and men of different racial/ethnic groups in the United States during 1940–2010, and (2) to assess the consequences of segregation for each group. For that purpose, in this article, we propose a simple index that measures the monetary loss or gain of a group derived from its overrepresentation in some occupations and underrepresenta…
Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Differences Across States
G rad n C., D el R o C. and A lonso -V illar O. Occupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the United States: differences across states, Regional Studies . Using the 2005-07 American Community Survey, this paper analyses the extent of geographical disparities in occupational segregation by race/ethnicity across US states. The results show that there is a great geographical variation in segregation. A large part is driven by spatial dispari…
Occupational Segregation of Immigrant Women in Spain
This contribution analyzes occupational segregation during a period of high employment in the Spanish labor market by gender and immigrant status, using several local and overall segregation measures. Using data from Spain's 2007 Economically Active Population Survey (Encuesta de Población Activa), the results suggest that immigrant women in Spain suffered a double burden from occupational segregation since it affected them to a greater degree th…
Concentration of Economic Activity: An Analytical Framework
n The goal of this paper is to offer an analytical framework within which relative concentration, including both the concentration of each sector and aggregate concentration, can be analyzed. By borrowing properties from the literature on income inequality and segregation and adapting them to a location context, this paper characterizes the generalized entropy family of concentration indexes proposed by Brulhart and Traeger (2005) and the L-index…
Local versus overall segregation measures
Gender Segregation in the Spanish Labor Market: An Alternative Approach
A model of economic geography with demand‐pull and congestion costs
A model of economic geography with demand-pull and congestion costs
Geographical Concentration of Unemployment: A Male–Female Comparison in Spain
n The aim of this paper is to analyse gender differences in the spatial distribution of unemployment. Specifically, we explore whether agglomeration can influence gender gaps in unemployment rates. In doing so, we use tools from the literature on economic geography and income distribution and we adapt them to our case. Using data from Spain, we show that the advantage of living in large cities does not affect women and men equally; agglomeration …
The effects of transport costs revisited
The aim of this paper is to study the location decisions of upstream and downstream industries when transport costs in each sector are analysed separately. By using a new economic geography model built on Venables (1996) , it will be shown that the effects of cost reductions in transporting final goods are different from those in intermediate goods. Our analysis suggests that regional convergence is more the consequence of improvements in transpo…
Large Metropolises in the Third World: An Explanation
In this paper, we have developed a model that sets out to explain the existence of megacities in developing countries, in the context of a Krugman-type core-periphery model. The paper also suggests that agglomeration can be fostered by manufacturers mainly serving the domestic market. However, the analysis goes further by emphasising that megacities are not only the result of protective trade policies, but also the consequence of the relative pos…
Large Metropolises in the Third World: An Explanation
In this paper, we have developed a model that sets out to explain the existence of megacities in developing countries, in the context of a Krugman-type core-periphery model. The paper also suggests that agglomeration can be fostered by manufacturers mainly serving the domestic market. However, the analysis goes further by emphasising that megacities are not only the result of protective trade policies, but also the consequence of the relative pos…
How do Producer Services Affect the Location of Manufacturing Firms? The Role of Information Accessibility
The aim of this paper is to analyze the location decisions both of producer services and of manufacturing, exploring two main topics: how manufacturing and services location change when regions integrate, and how developments in telecommunications affect them both. We built a theoretical model consisting of two regions and three sectors (manufacturing, producer services, and agriculture). Given that producer services constitute a sector oriented …
The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940–2010: Gains and Losses of Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups
The aim of this article is twofold: (1) to descriptively explore the evolution of occupational segregation of women and men of different racial/ethnic groups in the United States during 1940–2010, and (2) to assess the consequences of segregation for each group. For that purpose, in this article, we propose a simple index that measures the monetary loss or gain of a group derived from its overrepresentation in some occupations and underrepresenta…
Occupational Segregation of Immigrant Women in Spain
This contribution analyzes occupational segregation during a period of high employment in the Spanish labor market by gender and immigrant status, using several local and overall segregation measures. Using data from Spain's 2007 Economically Active Population Survey (Encuesta de Población Activa), the results suggest that immigrant women in Spain suffered a double burden from occupational segregation since it affected them to a greater degree th…
Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Differences Across States
G rad n C., D el R o C. and A lonso -V illar O. Occupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the United States: differences across states, Regional Studies . Using the 2005-07 American Community Survey, this paper analyses the extent of geographical disparities in occupational segregation by race/ethnicity across US states. The results show that there is a great geographical variation in segregation. A large part is driven by spatial dispari…
Local versus overall segregation measures
Geographical Concentration of Unemployment: A Male–Female Comparison in Spain
n The aim of this paper is to analyse gender differences in the spatial distribution of unemployment. Specifically, we explore whether agglomeration can influence gender gaps in unemployment rates. In doing so, we use tools from the literature on economic geography and income distribution and we adapt them to our case. Using data from Spain, we show that the advantage of living in large cities does not affect women and men equally; agglomeration …
Gender Segregation in the Spanish Labor Market: An Alternative Approach
Concentration of Economic Activity: An Analytical Framework
n The goal of this paper is to offer an analytical framework within which relative concentration, including both the concentration of each sector and aggregate concentration, can be analyzed. By borrowing properties from the literature on income inequality and segregation and adapting them to a location context, this paper characterizes the generalized entropy family of concentration indexes proposed by Brulhart and Traeger (2005) and the L-index…
On Measuring Segregation in a Multigroup Context: Standardized Versus Unstandardized Indices
There has been little discussion about the consequences of using standardized, rather than unstandardized, segregation measures when comparing societies with different demographic compositions. This paper explores standardization in a multigroup setting through an analytical framework that offers a clear distinction between the measurement of overall and local segregation, embeds existing indices within this framework, and addresses gaps in previ…
Socio‐economic groups moving apart: An analysis of recent trends in residential segregation in Australia's main capital cities
We study changes in the spatial distribution and segregation of socio‐economic groups in Australia using a new data set with harmonised census data for 1991 and 2011. We find a general increase in residential segregation by education and occupation groups across the major capital cities in Australia. Importantly, these trends cannot be explained in general by changes in the demographic structure of groups and areas but rather by the rise in the o…
Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the US: Differences across metropolitan areas
The welfare effects of occupational segregation by gender and race: Differences across US Regions
Using tools rooted in welfare economics, this paper explores the social welfare loss that arises from occupational segregation by gender and race in the US at the regional level. After controlling for characteristics, the losses are lower in the Northeast than in the South and West according to a wide range of indicators, including those that take into account the relative size of disadvantaged groups (incidence), the magnitude of their losses (i…
Segregation and Social Welfare: A Methodological Proposal with an Application to the U.S
The Occupational Segregation of African American Women: Its Evolution from 1940 to 2010
Based on detailed occupation titles and making use of measures that do not require pair-wise comparisons, this paper shows that the occupational segregation of African American women declined dramatically in 1940–80, decreased slightly in 1980–2000, and remained stagnant in 2000–10. This paper quantifies the well-being losses that African American women derive from their occupational sorting. The reduction of segregation was indeed accompanied by…
The effects of transport costs revisited
The aim of this paper is to study the location decisions of upstream and downstream industries when transport costs in each sector are analysed separately. By using a new economic geography model built on Venables (1996) , it will be shown that the effects of cost reductions in transporting final goods are different from those in intermediate goods. Our analysis suggests that regional convergence is more the consequence of improvements in transpo…
Large Metropolises in the Third World: An Explanation
In this paper, we have developed a model that sets out to explain the existence of megacities in developing countries, in the context of a Krugman-type core-periphery model. The paper also suggests that agglomeration can be fostered by manufacturers mainly serving the domestic market. However, the analysis goes further by emphasising that megacities are not only the result of protective trade policies, but also the consequence of the relative pos…
How do Producer Services Affect the Location of Manufacturing Firms? The Role of Information Accessibility
The aim of this paper is to analyze the location decisions both of producer services and of manufacturing, exploring two main topics: how manufacturing and services location change when regions integrate, and how developments in telecommunications affect them both. We built a theoretical model consisting of two regions and three sectors (manufacturing, producer services, and agriculture). Given that producer services constitute a sector oriented …
Gender, Race, and Class in an Intersectional Framework: Occupations and Wages in the United States
Using family income as a class measure, we explore whether the gender and racial/ethnic gaps in hourly wages are the same across classes for 2015–2019. We show that the “mark of gender” extends beyond race/ethnicity and class. The conditional wages of women of any race/ethnicity are lower than those of any male group of the same class (except that lowerclass Asian women rank above lower-class Black men). Beyond differences in human capital, the w…
A model of economic geography with demand‐pull and congestion costs
Large Metropolises in the Third World: An Explanation
In this paper, we have developed a model that sets out to explain the existence of megacities in developing countries, in the context of a Krugman-type core-periphery model. The paper also suggests that agglomeration can be fostered by manufacturers mainly serving the domestic market. However, the analysis goes further by emphasising that megacities are not only the result of protective trade policies, but also the consequence of the relative pos…
Large Metropolises in the Third World: An Explanation
In this paper, we have developed a model that sets out to explain the existence of megacities in developing countries, in the context of a Krugman-type core-periphery model. The paper also suggests that agglomeration can be fostered by manufacturers mainly serving the domestic market. However, the analysis goes further by emphasising that megacities are not only the result of protective trade policies, but also the consequence of the relative pos…
How do Producer Services Affect the Location of Manufacturing Firms? The Role of Information Accessibility
The aim of this paper is to analyze the location decisions both of producer services and of manufacturing, exploring two main topics: how manufacturing and services location change when regions integrate, and how developments in telecommunications affect them both. We built a theoretical model consisting of two regions and three sectors (manufacturing, producer services, and agriculture). Given that producer services constitute a sector oriented …
The effects of transport costs revisited
The aim of this paper is to study the location decisions of upstream and downstream industries when transport costs in each sector are analysed separately. By using a new economic geography model built on Venables (1996) , it will be shown that the effects of cost reductions in transporting final goods are different from those in intermediate goods. Our analysis suggests that regional convergence is more the consequence of improvements in transpo…
A model of economic geography with demand‐pull and congestion costs
A model of economic geography with demand-pull and congestion costs
Geographical Concentration of Unemployment: A Male–Female Comparison in Spain
n The aim of this paper is to analyse gender differences in the spatial distribution of unemployment. Specifically, we explore whether agglomeration can influence gender gaps in unemployment rates. In doing so, we use tools from the literature on economic geography and income distribution and we adapt them to our case. Using data from Spain, we show that the advantage of living in large cities does not affect women and men equally; agglomeration …
Local versus overall segregation measures
Gender Segregation in the Spanish Labor Market: An Alternative Approach
Concentration of Economic Activity: An Analytical Framework
n The goal of this paper is to offer an analytical framework within which relative concentration, including both the concentration of each sector and aggregate concentration, can be analyzed. By borrowing properties from the literature on income inequality and segregation and adapting them to a location context, this paper characterizes the generalized entropy family of concentration indexes proposed by Brulhart and Traeger (2005) and the L-index…
Occupational Segregation of Immigrant Women in Spain
This contribution analyzes occupational segregation during a period of high employment in the Spanish labor market by gender and immigrant status, using several local and overall segregation measures. Using data from Spain's 2007 Economically Active Population Survey (Encuesta de Población Activa), the results suggest that immigrant women in Spain suffered a double burden from occupational segregation since it affected them to a greater degree th…
Occupational Segregation by Race and Ethnicity in the United States: Differences Across States
G rad n C., D el R o C. and A lonso -V illar O. Occupational segregation by race and ethnicity in the United States: differences across states, Regional Studies . Using the 2005-07 American Community Survey, this paper analyses the extent of geographical disparities in occupational segregation by race/ethnicity across US states. The results show that there is a great geographical variation in segregation. A large part is driven by spatial dispari…
The Evolution of Occupational Segregation in the United States, 1940–2010: Gains and Losses of Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups
The aim of this article is twofold: (1) to descriptively explore the evolution of occupational segregation of women and men of different racial/ethnic groups in the United States during 1940–2010, and (2) to assess the consequences of segregation for each group. For that purpose, in this article, we propose a simple index that measures the monetary loss or gain of a group derived from its overrepresentation in some occupations and underrepresenta…
The Occupational Segregation of African American Women: Its Evolution from 1940 to 2010
Based on detailed occupation titles and making use of measures that do not require pair-wise comparisons, this paper shows that the occupational segregation of African American women declined dramatically in 1940–80, decreased slightly in 1980–2000, and remained stagnant in 2000–10. This paper quantifies the well-being losses that African American women derive from their occupational sorting. The reduction of segregation was indeed accompanied by…
Mapping the occupational segregation of white women in the US: Differences across metropolitan areas
Segregation and Social Welfare: A Methodological Proposal with an Application to the U.S
The welfare effects of occupational segregation by gender and race: Differences across US Regions
Using tools rooted in welfare economics, this paper explores the social welfare loss that arises from occupational segregation by gender and race in the US at the regional level. After controlling for characteristics, the losses are lower in the Northeast than in the South and West according to a wide range of indicators, including those that take into account the relative size of disadvantaged groups (incidence), the magnitude of their losses (i…
Socio‐economic groups moving apart: An analysis of recent trends in residential segregation in Australia's main capital cities
We study changes in the spatial distribution and segregation of socio‐economic groups in Australia using a new data set with harmonised census data for 1991 and 2011. We find a general increase in residential segregation by education and occupation groups across the major capital cities in Australia. Importantly, these trends cannot be explained in general by changes in the demographic structure of groups and areas but rather by the rise in the o…
Keeping races in their places: The dividing lines that shaped the American city
On Measuring Segregation in a Multigroup Context: Standardized Versus Unstandardized Indices
There has been little discussion about the consequences of using standardized, rather than unstandardized, segregation measures when comparing societies with different demographic compositions. This paper explores standardization in a multigroup setting through an analytical framework that offers a clear distinction between the measurement of overall and local segregation, embeds existing indices within this framework, and addresses gaps in previ…
Poverty among same-sex couple families in the United States: Is there a premium for married couples
This paper explores the monetary poverty of families headed by same-sex couples, a group understudied in the poverty literature. This research contributes to the literature by documenting how same-sex couples rank with respect to different-sex couples when (a) employing poverty indicators that allow us to move beyond the poverty incidence; (b) measuring not only absolute poverty, which is the usual approach in US studies, but also relative povert…
Gender, Race, and Class in an Intersectional Framework: Occupations and Wages in the United States
Using family income as a class measure, we explore whether the gender and racial/ethnic gaps in hourly wages are the same across classes for 2015–2019. We show that the “mark of gender” extends beyond race/ethnicity and class. The conditional wages of women of any race/ethnicity are lower than those of any male group of the same class (except that lowerclass Asian women rank above lower-class Black men). Beyond differences in human capital, the w…
Disentangling Occupational Sorting from Within-Occupation Disparities: Earnings Differences Among 12 Gender–Race/Ethnicity Groups in the U.S
This paper quantifies the role that occupations play in explaining wage differences among 12 gender–race/ethnicity groups without including occupations as control variables in wage equations. Our approach, based on a counterfactual analysis that involves a re-weighting scheme, has three advantages. First, it allows enlarging the small list of occupations usually employed in the literature. Second, it directly addresses the fact that occupational …
Economics (20 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (14 works) · Demographic economics (13 works) · Geography (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Demography (12 works) · Demography (12 works) · Economic growth (10 works) · Regional Economics and Spatial Analysis (10 works) · Political science (9 works)