Perez-Villadóniga, M.J.; Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. and Roibás, D (2025): "An alternative approach for analysing the gender wage gap in managerial positions: a stochastic latent class model". Applied Economics, forthcoming, https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2025.2471037

Rodriguez-Alvarez, A.and Alonso-Iglesias, E. (2024): "The cost of readmissions in hospitals: the case of the Spanish public hospitals". Health Economics Review 14, 96  https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-024-00575-7 

LLorca, M. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2024): “Economic, Environmental, and Energy Equity Convergence: Evidence of a Multi-Speed Europe?”, Ecological Economics, 219. 108133.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolecon.2024.108133 .  

Bashford, J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2024): “Measuring local employment multipliers and informal employment: A stochastic frontier approach”, Regional Studies, 58,1, 78-90.  https://doi.org/10.1080/00343404.2023.2189014

Escudero-Castillo, I.; Mato-Diaz F.J. and Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. (2023): “Effects of Precarious Work on Mental Health: Evidence from Spain”, Applied Economics,55,14: 1603-1620  https://doi.org/10.1080/00036846.2022.2098241      http://hdl.handle.net/10651/66915    (Accepted author manuscript)  (

Escudero-Castillo, I.; Mato-Diaz F.J. and Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. (2023): Psychological Well-Being during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Labour Market and Gender Implications”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 18, 71-91.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11482-022-10113-4

Escudero-Castillo, I.; Mato-Diaz F.J. and Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. (2022): “The effect of unemployment on mental health: The Spanish Case”, Journal of Mental Health Policy and Economics, 25,3: 79-89 (link)

Perez-Villadóniga, M.J.; Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. and Roibás, D. (2022): “The contribution of resident physicians to hospital productivity”, European Journal of Health Economics, 23:301-312.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-021-01368-z

Perez, L., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Shmarev, A. (2022): “Gambling Outlets Location in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Madrid”, Journal of Gambling Studies, 38: 1229-1242.   https://doi.org/10.1007/s10899-021-10094-3

Perez, L., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Shmarev, A. (2021): “A Multilevel Mixed Effects Model to Evaluate Effectiveness of Treatment for Problem Gambling”, The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, 14, 2: 1943.  https://doi.org/10.5750/jgbe.v14i2.1943

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Llorca, M. and Jamasb, T. (2021): “Alleviating energy poverty in Europe: front-runners and laggards”, Energy Economics, 103, 105575.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2021.105575.

Rodríguez-Álvarez A. (2021): “Air Pollution and life expectancy in Europe: does investment in renewable energy matter?” Science of the Total Environment, 792, 148480.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.148480

Llorca, M., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Jamasb, T. (2020): “Objective vs subjective fuel poverty and self-assessed health”, Energy Economics, 87: 104736. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eneco.2020.104736 ,  (https://hdl.handle.net/10398/11b12d5c-4efd-41fc-966b-be561d4fde4d) (Accepted author manuscript)

Baños-Pino, J.; Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Suarez-Cano, P. (2019): “The efficiency of public employment services: a matching frontiers approach”, Applied Economics Analysis., 27, 81: 169-183. https://doi.org/10.1108/AEA-06-2019-0006

Bashford, J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2019): “Wage Frontiers in Pre & Post-Crisis Spain: Implications for Welfare and Inequality”, Social Indicators Research, 143: 579-608.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s11205-018-1990-4

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Orea, L. and Jamasb, T. (2019): “Fuel Poverty and Well-Being: A Consumer Theory and Stochastic Frontier Approach”, Energy Policy, 131:22-32. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2019.04.031

Fernández-Blanco, V., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Wiśniewska, A. (2019): “Measuring technical efficiency and marginal cots in the performing arts: the case of the municipal theatres of Warsaw”, Journal of Cultural Economics, 43, 1: 97-119.      10.1007/s10824-018-9330-8  (Accepted author manuscript)  

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Rodriguez-Gutiérrez, C. (2018): “The Impact of health on wages: Evidence for Europe”.  European Journal of Health Economics, 19: 1173-1187.    https://doi.org/10.1007/s10198-018-0966-2

Fernández-Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2018): “Measuring allocative efficiency in cultural economics: The case of "Fundación Princesa de Asturias" (The Princess of Asturias Foundation)", Journal of Cultural Economics, 42: 91-110.  10.1007/s10824-016-9287-4.

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Rosete-Rivero, M. (2017): “Spanish public hospital waiting lists: a theoretical and empirical approach”, Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal, 11 (2017-30): 1–21. http://dx.doi.org/10.5018/economics-ejournal.ja.2017-30

Pérez-Villadóniga, M. J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2017): “Comparing the gender gap in gross and base wages”, International Journal of Manpower, 38, 5: 646-660. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJM-10-2015-0162

Pérez-Villadóniga, M. J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2017): “Analysing wage differentials when workers maximize the return to human capital investment”, Applied Economics, 49:42: 4196-4208.   10.1080/00036846.2017.1279267

Lafuente, E., Rodríguez-Alvarez, A. and Shmarev, A. (2017): “Making a distinction between the effect of the initial stock and the investment in health determinants”, European Journal of Health Economics, 18, 3: 337-349., 10.1007/s10198-016-0778-1.

Garramiola-Bilbao, I. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2016). “Linking hearing impairment, employment and education”, Public Health, 141: 131-135. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2016.09.013

Baños, J.F. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2016): Estimating technology in the postal sector: A Bayesian approach”, Applied Economics, 48, 27: 2516-2529.  10.1080/00036846.2015.1125429.

Bilbao, C., González-Vidales, A. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2015): “Bienes públicos y precios turísticos. Extensión del Modelo Hedónico en mercados oligopolísticos”, Revista de Economía Aplicada, 67, XXIII: 45-61 (link)

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Roibás, D. and Wall, A. (2013) “The response of decentralized health services to demand uncertainty and the role of political parties in the Spanish public health system”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 40, 3: 357-365.  10.1007/s11123-012-0295-x

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Tovar, B (2012) “Have Spanish port sector reforms during the last two decades been successful?  A cost frontier approach”, Transport Policy, 24: 73-82.. DOI:  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tranpol.2012.06.004

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Roibás, D. and Wall, A. (2012) “Reserve Capacity of public and private hospitals in response to demand uncertainty”, Health Economics, 21, 7: 839-851. DOI:10.1002/hec.1755

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Tovar, B. and Wall, A. (2011): “The Effect of Demand Uncertainty on Port Terminal Costs”, Journal of Transport Economics and Policy, 45, 2:  303-328 (link)

Lovell, C.A.K., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Wall, A (2009): “The Effects of Stochastic Demand and Expense Preference Behaviour on Public Hospital Costs and Excess Capacity”, Health Economics, 18, 2: 227–235. DOI:10.1002/hec.1352

Rey, B., Inglada, V., Quiros, C., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Coto-Millán, P. (2009) “From European to Asian leadership in the economic efficiency of the world air industry “, Applied Economics Letters, 16, 2:  203 – 209.. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13504850601018197

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Tovar, B. and Trujillo, L. (2007): “Firm and Time Varying Technical and Allocative Efficiency: An Application to Port Cargo Handling Firms”, International Journal of Production Economics, 109: 149-161.  DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.048

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Rosal, I. and Baños-Pino, J. (2007): “The Cost of Strikes in the Spanish Mining Sector: Modelling an Undesirable Input with a Distance Function”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 27, 1: 73-83. DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0023-5

Oterino de la Fuente, D., Baños-Pino, J., Fernández Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2007): “¿Does Better Access to Primary Care Reduce Utilisation of Hospital Accident and Emergency Departments? A Time-Series Analysis”, European Journal of Public Health, 17: 186-192. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckl085

Kumbhakar, S., Orea, L., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Tsionas, M. (2007): “Do we have to Estimate an Input or an Output Distance Function? An Application of the Mixture Approach to European Railways”, Journal of Productivity Analysis, 27, 2: 87-100.   DOI: 10.1007/s11123-006-0031-5

Oterino de la Fuente, D., Baños Pino, J., Fernández Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2007): “Impacto de las urgencias de atención primaria sobre las hospitalarias en Asturias: un análisis de cointegración de series temporales”, Revista Española de Salud Pública, 81,2: 181-200  (link)

Oterino de la Fuente, D., Baños Pino, J., Fernández Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. y Peiró, S. (2007): “Urgencias hospitalarias y de atención primaria en Asturias: variaciones entre áreas sanitarias y evolución desde 1994 hasta 2001”, Gaceta Sanitaria, 21, 4: 316 - 320  (link)

Inglada, V., Rey, B., Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Coto-Millán, P. (2006): “Liberalisation and Efficiency in International Air Transport (1996-2000)”, Transportation Research, Part-A, 40, 2: 95-105. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tra.2005.04.006

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Fernández-Blanco, V. and Baños-Pino, J. (2005): “El efecto de la regulación sobre la eficiencia productiva: una aplicación a las compañías ferroviarias europeas”, Investigaciones Económicas, 29, 2: 359-378 (link)

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A., Fernández-Blanco, V. and Lovell, C.A.K (2004): “The Allocative Inefficiency and its Cost: The Case of Spanish Public Hospitals”, International Journal of Production Economics, 92, 2: 99-111.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpe.2003.08.012

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Lovell, C.A.K. (2004): “Excess Capacity and Expense Preference Behavior in National Health Systems: An Application to the Spanish Public Hospitals”, Health Economics, 13, 2: 157-169.  https://doi.org/10.1002/hec.803

Coto-Millan, P., Inglada, V., Legidos, B. R. and Rodriguez-Álvarez, A. (2004): “Changes in the World Air Industry: An Analysis of Technical Efficiency”, International Journal of Transport Economics, XXXI/3: 341-354

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. and Suárez-Pandiello, J. (2003):” Organizaciones burocráticas e ineficiencia X: una revisión de modelos “, Hacienda Pública Española / Revista de Economía Pública, 164, 1: 83-107 (link)

Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2003): “Eficiencia de los hospitales públicos en España: modelos de comportamiento y evidencia empírica”, Información Comercial Española. Revista de Economía, 804: 41-55    (link)

Baños-Pino, J., Fernández-Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2003): “La ineficiencia asignativa y su coste en RENFE (1955-2000)”, Papeles de Economía Española, 95: 352-361 (link)

Baños-Pino, J., Fernández-Blanco, V. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2002): “The Allocative Efficiency Measure by Means of a Distance Function: The Case of Spanish Public Railways”, European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 137, 1: 191-205.  https://doi.org/10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00067-4

Coto-Millán, P., Baños-Pino, J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (2000): “Economic Efficiency in Spanish Ports: Some Empirical Evidence”, Maritime Policy and Management, 27, 2: 169-174.  https://doi.org/10.1080/030888300286581

 Inglada, V., Coto-Millán, P. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (1999): “Technical and Economic Efficiency in the World Air Industry", International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XXVI: 219-236

Coto-Millán, P., Baños-Pino, J. and Rodríguez-Álvarez, A. (1999): “Allocative Efficiency and Over-Capitalization: An Application”, International Journal of Transport Economics, Vol. XXVI, Nº. 2