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Due to novel coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19), the labor market is going to undergo a profound restructuring. The creation of a new labor paradigm by all stakeholders is essential. This document contributes to the current political and social debates about self-employment, the need for economic growth, and how these labor measures, which are deeply institutionalized, need a change of attitude for an adequate job reconstruction in terms of welfare and sustainability. Currently, policy makers are proposing actions and policies because the new labor paradigm is being designed in the countries of Latin America. This research aims to analyze the JDCS model (Job Demand-Control-Support) and well-being in the self-employed in Ecuador. Unlike previous studies, this research takes a comprehensive approach by considering this theoretical model and the figure of the self-employed in terms of well-being. The logistic model, using cases of more than one thousand workers, generated estimated results that indicate the existence of a significant effect of physical and psychological demands at work on the balance between well-being and the management of angry clients; the speed of execution; and the complexity of the tasks. Regarding labor control, the ability to solve problems and make decisions for the company are detected as influencing factors; finally, social support is another factor influencing global well-being for the self-employed. These results show that with an effective management of the self-employed labor environment, it is possible to achieve an adequate level of workplace satisfaction.
Nuria Ceular-Villamandos; Virginia Navajas-Romero; Lorena Caridad Y López del Río; Lucia Zambrano-Santos. Workplace Situation and Well-Being of Ecuadorian Self-Employed. Sustainability 2021, 13, 1892 .
AMA StyleNuria Ceular-Villamandos, Virginia Navajas-Romero, Lorena Caridad Y López del Río, Lucia Zambrano-Santos. Workplace Situation and Well-Being of Ecuadorian Self-Employed. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (4):1892.
Chicago/Turabian StyleNuria Ceular-Villamandos; Virginia Navajas-Romero; Lorena Caridad Y López del Río; Lucia Zambrano-Santos. 2021. "Workplace Situation and Well-Being of Ecuadorian Self-Employed." Sustainability 13, no. 4: 1892.
Using funded and unfunded pillars, the optimal pension structure is estimated using an over-lapping generation model, calibrated to the average OECD countries. While simulating different pillar sizes, a socio-economic characteristic was revealed in which low-earning groups are prone to unexpected market risks than high-earning cohorts and support a larger contribution than better-off individuals. This led to high contribution rates for funded pillars and low contributions rates for social security pillars. This suboptimal allocation leads to inefficient hedging capability for the pension portfolio. An alternative is a minimum pension guarantee as an efficient system stabilizer as it rebalances the economic cost among different earning cohorts. However, the guarantee might be expensive to implement if not capitalized early in the working phases in an era of aging populations, low birth rates, and deep financial crisis.
Ishay Wolf; Lorena Caridad López del Río. Funded-capitalized pension designs and the demand for minimum pension guarantee. Public and Municipal Finance 2021, 10, 12 -24.
AMA StyleIshay Wolf, Lorena Caridad López del Río. Funded-capitalized pension designs and the demand for minimum pension guarantee. Public and Municipal Finance. 2021; 10 (1):12-24.
Chicago/Turabian StyleIshay Wolf; Lorena Caridad López del Río. 2021. "Funded-capitalized pension designs and the demand for minimum pension guarantee." Public and Municipal Finance 10, no. 1: 12-24.
In recent years, the number of sharing economy accommodations has grown exponentially due to the Internet and peer-to-peer networks, which has made researchers increasingly interested in analysing this new type of lodging. This study sought to develop models that determine the significant variables for the daily price of staying in holiday rentals based on data extracted from Booking.com and other sources. The hedonic pricing method (HPM) was selected to conduct the research as this methodology has been widely used in real estate valuation and hotel daily rate determination; however, the HPM is still rarely used for holiday rentals. The study focused on the city of Seville, where a notable increase in holiday rentals has been observed in recent years. Variables related to the accommodation typology, including location, size and equipment, as well as seasonality, are the most influential factors in the proposed models. These results are of interest to both owners and users of holiday rentals and can help these individuals to determine if the price of a stay is what would commonly be offered in the market under normal circumstances.
José Santos; Manuel Fernández-Gámez; Miguel Solano-Sánchez; Francisco Rey-Carmona; Lorena Rio. Valuation Models for Holiday Rentals’ Daily Rates: Price Composition Based on Booking.com. Sustainability 2020, 13, 292 .
AMA StyleJosé Santos, Manuel Fernández-Gámez, Miguel Solano-Sánchez, Francisco Rey-Carmona, Lorena Rio. Valuation Models for Holiday Rentals’ Daily Rates: Price Composition Based on Booking.com. Sustainability. 2020; 13 (1):292.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJosé Santos; Manuel Fernández-Gámez; Miguel Solano-Sánchez; Francisco Rey-Carmona; Lorena Rio. 2020. "Valuation Models for Holiday Rentals’ Daily Rates: Price Composition Based on Booking.com." Sustainability 13, no. 1: 292.
An extremely useful theoretical approach to understanding the nature of work, health, and wellbeing is the job demand–control (JDC) model and the job demand–control–support (JDCS) model. In order for professional workers in the nongovernmental organization (NGO) sector to do their job, it is necessary for them to have a feeling of wellbeing. Despite this, in Europe, studies regarding the effects of the JDCS model in relation to workers’ wellbeing have not been carried out. This study is expected to fill this important gap in research by analyzing the relationship of wellbeing with work demands, work control, and social support. In order to corroborate the proposed hypotheses, an analysis of these constructs in employees in European nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) was developed and, using structural equation models, these relationships were tested. The results confirm the main hypothesis of the job demand–control–support (JDCS) model and the causal relationship among physical and psychological demands, work control, and support from supervisors and colleagues with the level of employee wellbeing.
Virginia Navajas-Romero; Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río; Nuria Ceular-Villamandos. Analysis of Wellbeing in Nongovernmental Organizations’ Workplace in a Developed Area Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 2020, 17, 5818 .
AMA StyleVirginia Navajas-Romero, Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río, Nuria Ceular-Villamandos. Analysis of Wellbeing in Nongovernmental Organizations’ Workplace in a Developed Area Context. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17 (16):5818.
Chicago/Turabian StyleVirginia Navajas-Romero; Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río; Nuria Ceular-Villamandos. 2020. "Analysis of Wellbeing in Nongovernmental Organizations’ Workplace in a Developed Area Context." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 16: 5818.
The interest in the Airbnb phenomenon is represented in the fast growth of publications indexed in the Web of Science (WoS) since the research inception of this topic in 2010. However, there are no studies that analyze the incidence of this phenomenon from a bibliometric approach using WoS. Therefore, this paper aims to quantify the incidence and composition of the Airbnb phenomenon through bibliometrics taken it as a data source. To achieve this aim, the WoS statistical instruments and the bibliometric tool VOSviewer are used. The results obtained, such as the number of articles and citations per year, the main categories of these articles, the nationalities of the authors, the most productive institutions, the sources and authors in terms of publications, and the H-Core of the most cited articles, are presented. Finally, concept maps are exposed, representing the relatedness of co-authorship and co-citation among authors, as well as the co-occurrence of the keywords in the articles analyzed. Satisfaction, trust, and innovation appear as the main research lines. This paper can be useful for academics and professionals, giving them a holistic overview of the topic, identifying new research areas, or as an objective manner to literary review approaches.
Julia Núñez-Tabales; Miguel Solano-Sánchez; Lorena Caridad-Y-López-Del-Río. Ten Years of Airbnb Phenomenon Research: A Bibliometric Approach (2010–2019). Sustainability 2020, 12, 6205 .
AMA StyleJulia Núñez-Tabales, Miguel Solano-Sánchez, Lorena Caridad-Y-López-Del-Río. Ten Years of Airbnb Phenomenon Research: A Bibliometric Approach (2010–2019). Sustainability. 2020; 12 (15):6205.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJulia Núñez-Tabales; Miguel Solano-Sánchez; Lorena Caridad-Y-López-Del-Río. 2020. "Ten Years of Airbnb Phenomenon Research: A Bibliometric Approach (2010–2019)." Sustainability 12, no. 15: 6205.
The attraction of foreign direct investment is a common objective in developing countries, and this broad aim is carried out with different approaches in public policies. Corporate social responsibility is very common in international corporations, and it tends to produce a positive image for investors and in the surrounding society. This study aims to clarify the influence of the enhancement of corporate social responsibility by companies established in Tunisia as a consequence of the host country government general policies on the attraction of direct foreign investment. We propose the testing of a conceptual framework that describes this influence and explains the benefits of the social commitment, especially when it will be encouraged by public policies which can favor the attraction of foreign investments. The paper opted for an exploratory analysis on a sample of foreign companies with subsidiaries in the country. It contains a descriptive analysis, a study of the reliability of the scales of measurement and a principal components analysis. This approach is completed by an analysis of moment structures (AMOS) through a structural equation model linking the interactions of public policies with the development of strategies in social responsibility in companies, and their induced effects on the investment decisions in their subsidiaries. This approach tends to be associated with the sustainability and the commitment in the country, which is especially important in the present moment, with the political changes in the Maghreb region. With the models proposed, it has been shown that public policies, in addition to having a direct impact on investment decisions, can produce positive effects when they are carried out with the aim of promoting sustainable growth, and using indirect tools like the promotion of corporate social strategies in the companies that are already established in the country.
Hosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad; Nuria Ceular Villamandos. Structural Models in Corporate Social Responsibility: Attraction of Investment in Tunisia. Sustainability 2019, 11, 5009 .
AMA StyleHosn El Woujoud Bousselmi, Lorena Caridad, Nuria Ceular Villamandos. Structural Models in Corporate Social Responsibility: Attraction of Investment in Tunisia. Sustainability. 2019; 11 (18):5009.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad; Nuria Ceular Villamandos. 2019. "Structural Models in Corporate Social Responsibility: Attraction of Investment in Tunisia." Sustainability 11, no. 18: 5009.
Forecasting companies long-term financial health is provided by Credit Rating Agencies (CRA) such as S&P, Moody’s, Fitch and others. Estimates of rates are based on publicly available data, and on the so-called ‘qualitative information’. Nowadays, it is possible to produce quite precise forecasts for these ratings using economic and financial information that is available in financial databases, utilizing statistical models or, alternatively, Artificial Intelligence techniques. Several approaches, both cross section and dynamic are proposed, using different methods. Artificial Neural Networks (ANN) provide better results than multivariate statistical methods and are used to estimate ratings within all the range provided by the CRAs, obtaining more desegregated results than several proposed models available for intervals of ratings. Two large samples of companies ‘public data’ obtained from Bloomberg are used to obtain forecasts of S&P and Moody’s ratings directly from these data with high level of accuracy. This also permits to check the published rating’s reliability provided by different CRAs.
Daniel Caridad; Jana Hančlová; Hosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río. Corporate rating forecasting using Artificial Intelligence statistical techniques. Investment Management and Financial Innovations 2019, 16, 295 -312.
AMA StyleDaniel Caridad, Jana Hančlová, Hosn El Woujoud Bousselmi, Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río. Corporate rating forecasting using Artificial Intelligence statistical techniques. Investment Management and Financial Innovations. 2019; 16 (2):295-312.
Chicago/Turabian StyleDaniel Caridad; Jana Hančlová; Hosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad Y López Del Río. 2019. "Corporate rating forecasting using Artificial Intelligence statistical techniques." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 16, no. 2: 295-312.
The purpose of this article is to present and test a conceptual framework that describes how the government’s commitment in improving corporate social responsibility (CSR) practices promotes the attraction of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Tunisia. As such, this conceptual framework inspires the existence of an interaction between the improvement of CSR practices by public policies (PP), and the attraction of FDI. In this regard, this study applied structural equation modeling (SEM) to empirically test this proposed model. It finds that the Tunisian government is valuing CSR and considering it as an investment. It presents examples of instruments, PP and tools that encourage to adopt CSR practices, thus, enhancing the attraction of FDI, which will have a positive impact on the growth of the country in terms of wealth creation, jobs and poverty reduction.
Hosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad; Nuria Ceular Villamandos. The interaction between governance, social responsibility, and territorial attractiveness: an application of “the structural equation modeling approach”. Investment Management and Financial Innovations 2018, 15, 239 -257.
AMA StyleHosn El Woujoud Bousselmi, Lorena Caridad, Nuria Ceular Villamandos. The interaction between governance, social responsibility, and territorial attractiveness: an application of “the structural equation modeling approach”. Investment Management and Financial Innovations. 2018; 15 (4):239-257.
Chicago/Turabian StyleHosn El Woujoud Bousselmi; Lorena Caridad; Nuria Ceular Villamandos. 2018. "The interaction between governance, social responsibility, and territorial attractiveness: an application of “the structural equation modeling approach”." Investment Management and Financial Innovations 15, no. 4: 239-257.