Miguel Ángel Malo

Universidad de Salamanca


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Investigación / Research

 

My main field of specialization is Labour Economics. I focus my research on the following issues: temporary work;  gross flows; unions; labour market policies; severance pay determination; and disability. In addition, I am involved in research projects on poverty, social exclusion, and social policies.

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Mi campo de especialización es la Economía Laboral. Mi investigación se centra en los siguientes temas: trabajo temporal;  flujos brutos; sindicatos; políticas de mercado de trabajo; determinación de las indemnizaciones por despido; y discapacidad. Además, estoy involucrado en proyectos de investigación sobre pobreza, exclusión social y políticas sociales.

In this page, you will find references of some recent publications and drafts of my research in progress. If you want more detailed information on my research activities, you can see my CV in Spanish or in English.

En esta página, se pueden encontrar referencias de algunas de mis publicaciones recientes y borradores de mis investigaciones en proceso de realización. Para una información más detallada estos son enlaces a mi CV en español y en inglés.

 

Some recent publications (only articles and chapters of books) / Algunas publicaciones recientes (sólo artículos y capítulos de libros):

C. García-Serrano and M.A. Malo (2009): "The impact of union direct voice on voluntary and involuntary absenteeism", Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 38, 372-383.

R. Pagán and M.A. Malo (2009), "Job satisfaction and disability: Lower expectations about jobs or a matter of health?", Spanish Economic Review, 11 (1), 51-74.

M.A. Malo and L. Toharia (2008), "The Automatic Nature of Dismissals in Spain: Dismissal-at-will under Civil Law", chapter in Walter R. Levin (ed.) Political Economy Research Focus, Nova Science Publishers, NY pp. 109-119. Previous version as working paper: Utrecht School of Economics, Tjalling Koopmans Research Institute, Discussion Paper Series nr: 07-05. En castellano, existe una versión algo más amplia publicada por la Revista del Ministerio de Trabajo, con detalles interesantes para el lector español sobre la reforma de los despidos introducida por la Ley 45/2002 y sus efectos sobre los costes de despido: Enlace al artículo.

C. Amuedo-Dorantes y M.A. Malo (2008), "How are fixed-term contracts used by firms? An analysis using gross job and worker flows", Research in Labor Economics, 28, 277-304.

M.A. Malo and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2008), "Women's family-related career breaks: A long-term British perspective", Review of Economics of the Household, 6(2), 127-167.

C. Amuedo-Dorantes, M.A.Malo, and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2008), "The Role of Temporary Help Agency Employment on Temp-to-Perm Transitions", Journal of Labor Research, 29(2), 138-161.

B. Frick and M.A. Malo (2008), "Labour Martket Institutions and Individual Absenteeism in the European Union: The Relative Importance of Sickness Benefit System and Employment Protection Legislation", Industrial Relations, 47(4), 505-529.

M.A. Malo and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2008): "Temporary Help Agencies and Participation Histories in the Labour Market: A Sequence-Oriented Approach", Estadística Española, vol. 50, nº 168, 25-65,. Link to the article / Enlace al artículo.

M.A. Malo and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2008): "Long-Term Effects of Involuntary Job Separations on Labour Careers", Journal of Socio-Economics, vol. 37 (2), 767-788. Link to the abstract and the table of contents / Enlace al resumen y al índice.

P. García-Martínez and M.A. Malo (2007): "The Strategic Use of Dismissal Legislation: An Empirical Analysis Using Spanish Data", European Journal of Law and Economics, 23, 151-167.

M.A. Malo and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2006): "Employment Promotion Measures and the Job Quality of the Job Match for Persons with Disabilities", Hacienda Pública Española / Revista de Economía Pública, 179, 79-111. Link to the article / Enlace al artículo.

M.A. Malo (2006): "Temporary Workers and Direct Voting Systems for Workers Representation", Economic and Industrial Democracy, vol.27 (3), 505-535.

L. Garrido and M.A. Malo (2005): "Postponement of Family Formation and Public Budget: Another Approach to Very Low Fertility in Spain", Public Finance and Management, vol. 5 (1), 152-177.

M.A. Malo (2005): "La evolución institucional del despido en España: una interpretación en términos de un accidente histórico" [Institutional evolution of dismissals in Spain: an interpretation in terms of a historical accident], Revista de Historia Económica, vol. XXIII (1), 83-115.  Link to the article / Enlace al artículo.

M.A. Malo (2005): "A Political Economy Model of Workers' Representation: The Case of Union Elections in Spain" European Journal of Law and Economics, 19, 115-134.

M.A. Malo and F. Muñoz-Bullón (2003): "Employment Status Mobility From a Life-Cycle Perspective: A Sequence Analysis of Work-Histories in the BHPS", Demographic Research, vol. 9, available on line: http://www.demographic-research.org/Volumes/Vol9/7/

M.A. Malo and J. Pérez (2003): “Individual Dismissals in Europe and the United States: A Model on the Influence of the Legal Framework on Firing Costs”, European Journal of Law and Economics, 15(1), 47-63.

C. García-Serrano and M.A. Malo (2002): "Worker Turnover, Job Turnover, and Collective Bargaining in Spain", British Journal of Industrial Relations, vol. 40 (1), pp. 69-85 .

M.A. Malo (2001): "European Labour Law and Severance Pay Determination in Collective Redundancies", European Journal of Law and Economics, vol. 12(1), pp. 73-90.

M.A. Malo, (2000): "A simple model of severance pay determination: the case of individual dismissals in Spain", Labour, 14 (2), pp. 269-290.

L. Toharia and M.A. Malo (2000): "The Spanish Experiment: Pros and Cons of the flexibility at the margin" chapter in G. Esping-Andersen and M. Regini (eds.), Why deregulate? Dilemmas of labor market reform in Europe, Oxford, Oxford University Press, pp. 307-335.

 

Drafts (comments welcome) / Investigaciones en proceso de realización (abiertos a críticas y sugerencias):

 

  1. C. Delia Dávila & M.A. Malo, 2006, "La protección social de las personas con discapacidad: ayudas técnicas, ayudas personales y pobreza", FIPROS, Seguridad Social.

  2. Miguel A. Malo & Fernando Munoz-Bullon, 2008. "Working career progress in the tourism industry: Temp-to-perm transitions in Spain," Business Economics Working Papers wb083510, Universidad Carlos III, Departamento de Economía de la Empresa. 

  3. Garcia-serrano C & Malo, MA, 2008. "The influence of disability on absenteeism: An empirical analysis using Spanish data," ISER working papers 2008-29, Institute for Social and Economic Research.