SOCIAL IMPACTS DATABASE RELEASED BY GEAR

GEAR member Ángela García Alaminos has recently published in an open repository a “Social Indicators of Working Conditions Database”. This database compiles five indicators regarding working conditions: fatal occupational injuries, non-fatal occupational injuries, forced labor, part-time employment, and temporary employment. Each of the five indicators is provided for 44 regions and disaggregated by economic activity, which makes this dataset a social satellite account suitable with multi-regional input-output models.

Main sources are specified in the dataset. For further information about the generation process of the dataset, please contact the author at angela.garcia@uclm.es.

The database can be found in Mendeley Data (http://dx.doi.org/10.17632/6h5msdfjk2.1)  under CC BY 4.0 Licence. To use the data, please cite García-Alaminos, Ángela (2019), “Social Indicators of Working Conditions Database ”, Mendeley Data, v1.

NEW PUBLICATION IN THE JOURNAL OF ECONOMIC STRUCTURES



The GEAR Group has recently published our’s first contribution developed in collaboration with Enrique Gilles, Faculty of Business, Finance, and Economics EAN University Bogota, Colombia.

The paper, entitled “Nesting a city input–output table in a multiregional framework: a case example with the city of Bogota” presents a novel contribution in the field input-output developments for cities. First, we propose the nesting of the Bogota IO table in an MRIO model with Colombia and the rest of the countries presented in the OECD database. Second, we develope an evaluation of the role of the city of Bogota throughout the Global Value Chains.

We hope this is the first contribution of a productive collaboration with Enrique.

We hope you enjoy it!

LINK TO THE OPEN ACCESS PAPER:

https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40008-020-0185-8



GEAR wins the CYTEMA Award

The GEAR member Mateo Ortiz was awarded by the Scientific and Technological Campus on Energy and Environment (CYTEMA) for his poster presented at the IX Workshop for PhD Students organised by the University of Castilla-La Mancha, which was held in Ciudad Real on the 12th November 2019. The poster was selected as the best poster on scientific research related to energy and the environment. It summarizes the work titled “The carbon footprint of foreign multinationals within the European Union” co-authored by three GEAR researchers: Mateo Ortiz, Mª Ángeles Cadarso and Luis A. López.

We all are delighted with this new distinction which encourages us to work harder.  

Memories of Glasgow and Santiago…

In 2019, the GEAR research group has actively participated in the two main events of input-output analysis worldwide. The 27th Conference of the International Input-Output Association (IIOA), which took place in Glasgow, Scotland, from 30 June to 5 July 2019. And the 8th Conference of Input-Output Analysis of the Hispano-American Society of Input-Output Analysis (SHAIO) which took place in Santiago de Compostela from 11 to 13 September 2019.

The papers presented by the GEAR group in Glasgow were:

  • «The Social Footprint U.S. Multinationals’ Foreign Affiliates», García-Alaminos, A., Zafrilla, J.E., Arce, G. and Ortiz, M.
  • «Students commuting choices: Carbon footprint and environmental identity», Collado, A., Gómez, N. and Olivos, P.
  • «Assessment of the sustainability of Mexico green investments in the road to Paris», Banacloche, S., Monsalve, F., Cadarso, M.A. and Lechon, Y.
  • «Environmental and economic impacts of Brexit in the consumption of vegetables and fruits in the UK», López, L.A., Tobarra, M.A., Carrascal, A. and Ortega, R.
  • «Degrees of separation and carbon embodied in China’s supply chain networks in processing exports and normal production», Arce, G., López, L.A. and Jiang, X.
  • «Assessing consumption-based carbon emissions for the city of Bogota, Colombia», Gilles, E., Ortiz, M., López, L.A. and Cadarso, M.A.
  • «Impact on emissions, employment and the balance of trade of the decarbonization of the electricity production and transport in the EU. A MRIO multiplier-accelerator model.», Dejuan, O., Ortiz, M. and Portella-Carbó, F.

The papers presented by the GEAR group in Santiago were:

  • «Assessing consumption-based carbon emissions for the city of Bogota», Ortiz, M.; Gilles, E.; Cadarso, M.A. and López, L.A.
  • «The Social Footprint of the U.S. Multinationals’ Foreign Affiliates», García-Alaminos, Á; Ortiz, M.; Arce, G. and Zafrilla, J.E.
  • «Students commuting choices: Carbon footprint and environmental identity», Collado, A.; Olivos, P. and Gómez, N.
  • «Spanish Household Energy Footprint of Urban and Rural Settlements», Tomás, M. Á.; López, L.A. and Monsalve, F.
  • «Degrees of separation and carbon embodied in China’s supply chain networks in processing exports and normal production», Arce, G.;  Jiang,  X. and López, L.A.

Great Conferences!! Great cities!! Great moments!! Great memories!!

GEAR wins the Emilio Fontela Award!

The GEAR members Ángela García Alaminos, Mateo Felipe Ortiz Moreno, Guadalupe Arce González and Jorge Enrique Zafrilla Rodríguez have received the «6th Emilio Fontela Research Prize in Input-Output Analysis» for their work The Social Footprint of the U.S. Multinationals’ Foreign Affiliates. This distinction has been awarded by the Hispanic-American Input-Output Society (SHAIO) within the 8th Spanish Conference on Input-Output Analysis held in Santiago de Compostela on the 12th Sept of September, 2019.

Proud and happy for this remarkable achievement!