María Inmaculada García Mainar
Biographic Data
| ID | 3590478 |
|---|---|
| NAME | María Inmaculada García Mainar |
| GIVEN NAMES | María Inmaculada García |
| FAMILY NAME | Mainar |
| SIGNATURE | MAINAR M I G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Zaragoza |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2503-2829 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Educational Gender Segregation and Educational Mismatch
The increasing connection between higher education and the workforce may influence gender-based educational and occupational segregation. If men and women continue to gravitate toward fields historically dominated by their own gender, this segregation will persist. Furthermore, the chosen field of study carries implications for labor market mismatch, as certain majors are more prone to producing graduates who struggle to find positions aligned wi…
Gender and Occupational Prestige. Testing the Devaluation Theory in Spain
The devaluation theory, that is, that occupations where women predominate become less socially valued than those where men are in the majority, has not reached a unanimous conclusion in the empirical literature, especially when prestige is used as an indicator of the valuation of the occupation. The changing economic and social circumstances may influence the fulfillment of this hypothesis over time. Using regression analysis, this article tests …
Overeducation and Mental Health in Spain
Prior studies have identified a positive effect of an individual’s educational attainment on their mental well-being. However, this effect appears to be less pronounced among university graduates. Two potential explanations for this phenomenon are overeducation and the possible existence of reverse causality. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between overeducation and indicators of poor mental health, among highly educated work…
Is the 'Treiman constant' actually constant? An assessment using two Spanish occupational prestige scales
It is recurrently claimed that occupational prestige scales are invariant over time (the so-called Treiman constant). However, the changes experienced in recent decades in terms of globalization, automation, polarization, or migratory movements, among others, may have modified the occupational structure of the country's labor market and its citizens' perception toward the valuation of occupations. This study aims to evaluate the (in)-variance of …
Occupational Prestige and Fathers’ Influence on Sons and Daughters
Over-Qualification and the Dimensions of Job Satisfaction
The demographic impact of terrorism
This paper studies the persistence of the effects of terrorist attacks on the urban structure at the regional level. With this aim, a dynamic differences-in-differences approach is applied to all the municipalities of the Basque Country and Navarre autonomous communities in Spain during the period 1986–2014. The results show that terrorism had a negative and transitory effect on population growth. We also find that incidents with deaths implied m…
The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism
Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment protection on effort, though the effects appear too small to generate marked cross-country differences in labor productivity. The authors revisit this issue using representative data of private-sector workers in Spain. A range of l…
Occupational Prestige and Gender-Occupational Segregation
The purpose of this article is to determine whether there is a relationship between the proportion of women working in an occupation and the prestige assigned to that occupation. Based on a representative sample of Spanish employees from the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey, pooled-sample data (2007-2010) are used to show that occupations with larger shares of women present lower prestige, controlling for a set of objective individual and w…
Workplace environmental conditions and life satisfaction in Spain
Over-education and Gender Occupational Differences in Spain
Analysis of Volunteering Among Spanish Children and Young People
The objective of this paper is to analyze the factors determining volunteerism among Spanish young people and children, with a particular emphasis on the influence of voluntary and social activities performed by parents. The database used is the 2002–2003 Time User Survey from the Spanish Statistical Office. We estimated the determinants influencing young people and children to become volunteers as a two-part decision: first, whether to volunteer…
New Evidence on Gibrat’s Law for Cities
The aim of this work is to test empirically the validity of Gibrat’s law on the growth of cities, using data on the complete distribution of cities (without size restrictions) from three countries (the US, Spain and Italy) for the entire 20th century. In order to achieve this, different techniques are used. First, panel data unit root tests tend to confirm the validity of Gibrat’s law in the upper-tail distribution. Secondly, when the entire dist…
Gender Differences in Childcare
This article analyses the intrahousehold allocation of time in households headed by heterosexual couples to show gender differences in childcare in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Using data for the five sample countries from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP; 1994–2001) and the framework of a general efficiency approach, each parent's hours spent on childcare are regressed against individual and household characteristics. …
The Spanish Wage Curve
GARCíA-MAINAR I. and MONTUENGA-GÓMEZ V. M. (2003) The Spanish wage curve: 1994–1996, Reg. Studies 37, 929– 945. In this paper, we estimate a wage curve for Spain using data from the European Community Household Panel, which provides microinformation for the period 1994–96. By refining the unemployment rate measure, we find an unemployment elasticity of wages not very far from that encountered in other developed countries. We argue that these resu…
A household model of charitable contributions and tax incentives
The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical model of the monetary contributions made by households to nonprofit organizations, and to analyse the effect of tax incentives according to the different tax systems currently in force in the European Union Member States. This model is estimated by means of data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey and the Regional Accounts in Spain covering the period 1990–91. We analyse the effects that diff…
The Effects of Region on the Welfare and Monetary Income of Spanish Families
In this paper, we carry out a regional study aimed at measuring the effects of different regions on the welfare and income of Spanish families. This has, in turn, allowed us to calculate the inequality in welfare and income that exists between these households. The results confirm the relation between welfare and monetary income for those Spanish households in which both spouses work. Furthermore, we find that the welfare level in the east and Ma…
Paro, pobreza y desigualdad en España
El propósito de este artículo es analizar la relación existente entre nivel de paro y pobreza relativa, tanto desde un punto de vista transversal o estático como desde uno longitudinal o dinámico. El análisis transversal se basa en los resultados del primer ciclo del Panel de Hogares de la Unión Europea, referidos a los años 1993-94. En cuanto al análisis longitudinal, se basa fundamentalmente en los datos enlazados de la Encuesta de Población Ac…
Occupational Prestige and Gender-Occupational Segregation
The purpose of this article is to determine whether there is a relationship between the proportion of women working in an occupation and the prestige assigned to that occupation. Based on a representative sample of Spanish employees from the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey, pooled-sample data (2007-2010) are used to show that occupations with larger shares of women present lower prestige, controlling for a set of objective individual and w…
Gender Differences in Childcare
This article analyses the intrahousehold allocation of time in households headed by heterosexual couples to show gender differences in childcare in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Using data for the five sample countries from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP; 1994–2001) and the framework of a general efficiency approach, each parent's hours spent on childcare are regressed against individual and household characteristics. …
Over-Qualification and the Dimensions of Job Satisfaction
Over-education and Gender Occupational Differences in Spain
New Evidence on Gibrat’s Law for Cities
The aim of this work is to test empirically the validity of Gibrat’s law on the growth of cities, using data on the complete distribution of cities (without size restrictions) from three countries (the US, Spain and Italy) for the entire 20th century. In order to achieve this, different techniques are used. First, panel data unit root tests tend to confirm the validity of Gibrat’s law in the upper-tail distribution. Secondly, when the entire dist…
The Spanish Wage Curve
GARCíA-MAINAR I. and MONTUENGA-GÓMEZ V. M. (2003) The Spanish wage curve: 1994–1996, Reg. Studies 37, 929– 945. In this paper, we estimate a wage curve for Spain using data from the European Community Household Panel, which provides microinformation for the period 1994–96. By refining the unemployment rate measure, we find an unemployment elasticity of wages not very far from that encountered in other developed countries. We argue that these resu…
The demographic impact of terrorism
This paper studies the persistence of the effects of terrorist attacks on the urban structure at the regional level. With this aim, a dynamic differences-in-differences approach is applied to all the municipalities of the Basque Country and Navarre autonomous communities in Spain during the period 1986–2014. The results show that terrorism had a negative and transitory effect on population growth. We also find that incidents with deaths implied m…
A household model of charitable contributions and tax incentives
The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical model of the monetary contributions made by households to nonprofit organizations, and to analyse the effect of tax incentives according to the different tax systems currently in force in the European Union Member States. This model is estimated by means of data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey and the Regional Accounts in Spain covering the period 1990–91. We analyse the effects that diff…
Overeducation and Mental Health in Spain
Prior studies have identified a positive effect of an individual’s educational attainment on their mental well-being. However, this effect appears to be less pronounced among university graduates. Two potential explanations for this phenomenon are overeducation and the possible existence of reverse causality. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between overeducation and indicators of poor mental health, among highly educated work…
The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism
Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment protection on effort, though the effects appear too small to generate marked cross-country differences in labor productivity. The authors revisit this issue using representative data of private-sector workers in Spain. A range of l…
Analysis of Volunteering Among Spanish Children and Young People
The objective of this paper is to analyze the factors determining volunteerism among Spanish young people and children, with a particular emphasis on the influence of voluntary and social activities performed by parents. The database used is the 2002–2003 Time User Survey from the Spanish Statistical Office. We estimated the determinants influencing young people and children to become volunteers as a two-part decision: first, whether to volunteer…
Paro, pobreza y desigualdad en España
El propósito de este artículo es analizar la relación existente entre nivel de paro y pobreza relativa, tanto desde un punto de vista transversal o estático como desde uno longitudinal o dinámico. El análisis transversal se basa en los resultados del primer ciclo del Panel de Hogares de la Unión Europea, referidos a los años 1993-94. En cuanto al análisis longitudinal, se basa fundamentalmente en los datos enlazados de la Encuesta de Población Ac…
A household model of charitable contributions and tax incentives
The aim of this paper is to present a theoretical model of the monetary contributions made by households to nonprofit organizations, and to analyse the effect of tax incentives according to the different tax systems currently in force in the European Union Member States. This model is estimated by means of data drawn from the Family Expenditure Survey and the Regional Accounts in Spain covering the period 1990–91. We analyse the effects that diff…
The Effects of Region on the Welfare and Monetary Income of Spanish Families
In this paper, we carry out a regional study aimed at measuring the effects of different regions on the welfare and income of Spanish families. This has, in turn, allowed us to calculate the inequality in welfare and income that exists between these households. The results confirm the relation between welfare and monetary income for those Spanish households in which both spouses work. Furthermore, we find that the welfare level in the east and Ma…
The Spanish Wage Curve
GARCíA-MAINAR I. and MONTUENGA-GÓMEZ V. M. (2003) The Spanish wage curve: 1994–1996, Reg. Studies 37, 929– 945. In this paper, we estimate a wage curve for Spain using data from the European Community Household Panel, which provides microinformation for the period 1994–96. By refining the unemployment rate measure, we find an unemployment elasticity of wages not very far from that encountered in other developed countries. We argue that these resu…
Gender Differences in Childcare
This article analyses the intrahousehold allocation of time in households headed by heterosexual couples to show gender differences in childcare in Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, and Spain. Using data for the five sample countries from the European Community Household Panel (ECHP; 1994–2001) and the framework of a general efficiency approach, each parent's hours spent on childcare are regressed against individual and household characteristics. …
Analysis of Volunteering Among Spanish Children and Young People
The objective of this paper is to analyze the factors determining volunteerism among Spanish young people and children, with a particular emphasis on the influence of voluntary and social activities performed by parents. The database used is the 2002–2003 Time User Survey from the Spanish Statistical Office. We estimated the determinants influencing young people and children to become volunteers as a two-part decision: first, whether to volunteer…
New Evidence on Gibrat’s Law for Cities
The aim of this work is to test empirically the validity of Gibrat’s law on the growth of cities, using data on the complete distribution of cities (without size restrictions) from three countries (the US, Spain and Italy) for the entire 20th century. In order to achieve this, different techniques are used. First, panel data unit root tests tend to confirm the validity of Gibrat’s law in the upper-tail distribution. Secondly, when the entire dist…
Workplace environmental conditions and life satisfaction in Spain
Over-education and Gender Occupational Differences in Spain
The demographic impact of terrorism
This paper studies the persistence of the effects of terrorist attacks on the urban structure at the regional level. With this aim, a dynamic differences-in-differences approach is applied to all the municipalities of the Basque Country and Navarre autonomous communities in Spain during the period 1986–2014. The results show that terrorism had a negative and transitory effect on population growth. We also find that incidents with deaths implied m…
The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism
Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment protection on effort, though the effects appear too small to generate marked cross-country differences in labor productivity. The authors revisit this issue using representative data of private-sector workers in Spain. A range of l…
Occupational Prestige and Gender-Occupational Segregation
The purpose of this article is to determine whether there is a relationship between the proportion of women working in an occupation and the prestige assigned to that occupation. Based on a representative sample of Spanish employees from the Spanish Quality of Working Life Survey, pooled-sample data (2007-2010) are used to show that occupations with larger shares of women present lower prestige, controlling for a set of objective individual and w…
Occupational Prestige and Fathers’ Influence on Sons and Daughters
Over-Qualification and the Dimensions of Job Satisfaction
Gender and Occupational Prestige. Testing the Devaluation Theory in Spain
The devaluation theory, that is, that occupations where women predominate become less socially valued than those where men are in the majority, has not reached a unanimous conclusion in the empirical literature, especially when prestige is used as an indicator of the valuation of the occupation. The changing economic and social circumstances may influence the fulfillment of this hypothesis over time. Using regression analysis, this article tests …
Overeducation and Mental Health in Spain
Prior studies have identified a positive effect of an individual’s educational attainment on their mental well-being. However, this effect appears to be less pronounced among university graduates. Two potential explanations for this phenomenon are overeducation and the possible existence of reverse causality. The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between overeducation and indicators of poor mental health, among highly educated work…
Is the 'Treiman constant' actually constant? An assessment using two Spanish occupational prestige scales
It is recurrently claimed that occupational prestige scales are invariant over time (the so-called Treiman constant). However, the changes experienced in recent decades in terms of globalization, automation, polarization, or migratory movements, among others, may have modified the occupational structure of the country's labor market and its citizens' perception toward the valuation of occupations. This study aims to evaluate the (in)-variance of …
Educational Gender Segregation and Educational Mismatch
The increasing connection between higher education and the workforce may influence gender-based educational and occupational segregation. If men and women continue to gravitate toward fields historically dominated by their own gender, this segregation will persist. Furthermore, the chosen field of study carries implications for labor market mismatch, as certain majors are more prone to producing graduates who struggle to find positions aligned wi…
Economics (14 works) · Demographic economics (9 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Labor market dynamics and wage inequality (8 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (6 works) · Labour economics (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Mathematics (5 works) · Sociology (5 works)