Is regional redistribution harmful for growth? An empirical analysis on the Spanish Autonomous Communities. 2001–2016

Guillem López Casasnovas; Joan Rosselló Villalonga

doi:10.1111/rsp3.12233

Is regional redistribution harmful for growth? An empirical analysis on the Spanish Autonomous Communities. 2001–2016

Regional Science Policy & Practice ◽

10.1111/rsp3.12233 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 849-864

Author(s):

Guillem López Casasnovas ◽

Joan Rosselló Villalonga

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Autonomous Communities ◽

Regional Redistribution

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Xenophobia in Spain: A comparative empirical analysis between two Autonomous Communities

RIEM Revista internacional de estudios migratorios ◽

10.25115/riem.v0i1.361 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Gonzalo Herranz de Rafael

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Quantitative Study ◽

Autonomous Communities

Resumen: El artículo es un estudio cuantitativo sobre la xenofobia en España durante los años noventa. Analiza la xenofobia existente en dos comunidades autónomas españolas: Andalucía y Cataluña, con diferentes estados de modernización. Se usan dos modelos de correlación de Pearson´s para intentar medir ambos niveles de xenofobia. Los resultados muestran que los mayores o menores niveles de modernización no explican en sí mismo los niveles de xenofobia. Abstract: This article is a quantitative study on xenophobia in Spain during the nineties. It comparatively analyses the level of xenophobia that exists in two Spanish Autonomous Communities; Andalusia and Catalonia, which are at different stages of modernisation. Using two models of Pearson´s correlations we try to analyse the level of xenophobia in both regions. This states that the greater or smaller level of modernization reached by a society is not sufficient in itself to explain the greater or smaller level of xenophobia.

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An Empirical Analysis of the Obtrusiveness of and Participants' Compliance with the Electronically Activated Recorder (EAR)

European Journal of Psychological Assessment ◽

10.1027/1015-5759.23.4.248 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 23 (4) ◽

pp. 248-257 ◽

Cited By ~ 58

Author(s):

Matthias R. Mehl ◽

Shannon E. Holleran

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Daily Life ◽

Assessment Method ◽

Data Confidentiality ◽

Short Term ◽

Naturally Occurring ◽

Two Samples ◽

Audio Recorder ◽

Term Monitoring

Abstract. In this article, the authors provide an empirical analysis of the obtrusiveness of and participants' compliance with a relatively new psychological ambulatory assessment method, called the electronically activated recorder or EAR. The EAR is a modified portable audio-recorder that periodically records snippets of ambient sounds from participants' daily environments. In tracking moment-to-moment ambient sounds, the EAR yields an acoustic log of a person's day as it unfolds. As a naturalistic observation sampling method, it provides an observer's account of daily life and is optimized for the assessment of audible aspects of participants' naturally-occurring social behaviors and interactions. Measures of self-reported and behaviorally-assessed EAR obtrusiveness and compliance were analyzed in two samples. After an initial 2-h period of relative obtrusiveness, participants habituated to wearing the EAR and perceived it as fairly unobtrusive both in a short-term (2 days, N = 96) and a longer-term (10-11 days, N = 11) monitoring. Compliance with the method was high both during the short-term and longer-term monitoring. Somewhat reduced compliance was identified over the weekend; this effect appears to be specific to student populations. Important privacy and data confidentiality considerations around the EAR method are discussed.

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