Research interests:
Ageing, longevity and silver market.
Social capital and loneliness.
Socio-economic impact of public policies and projects.
Labour economics with special interest in persons with disabilities, women, older people, etc.
Health economics, health tourism, and sport economics.
Tourism economics with special interest in the study of skill shortages, educational mismatch, occupational segregation, productivity and wages in the hospitality sector.
Economics of Happiness. Studies on satisfaction with life, job, leisure, wages, etc., and analysis of time use.
Wage discrimination and working time.
Publications (71):
2025
Pagan, R. (2025), "Ready for the holidays: Differences by age and gender for people without and with disabilities", in Lubowiecki, A. & Michalska-Dudek, I. (eds), Customer insight in tourism: Segments, profiles and personas, 14, 162-176. ISBN9781041069690.
Pagan, R. (2025), "Personality traits and participation in holiday trips for people without and with moderate and severe disabilities", Current Issues in Tourism, 28 (22): 3636-3660. DOI: 10.1080/13683500.2024.2403132.
2024
Pagan, R. & Malo, M.A. (2024), "Dynamic analysis of loneliness at older ages in Europe by gender", Applied Research in Quality of Life, 19 (4), 1601-1630. DOI: 10.1007/s11482-024-10300-5. OPEN ACCESS.
Pagan, R. (2024), "Self-employment and disability: Evidence for the German case", Research Handbook on Self-Employment and Public Policy, Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 208-226.
Costa-Font, J., Flèche, S. & Pagan, R. (2024), "The labour market returns to sleep", Journal of Health Economics, 93, 102840. DOI: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2023.102840. OPEN ACCESS.
Costa-Font, J., Flèche, S. & Pagan, R. (2024), "The welfare effects of time reallocation: Evidence from daylight saving time", Economica, 91(362): 547-568. DOI: 10.1111/ecca.12510. OPEN ACCESS.
2023
Pagan, R. & Malo, M.A. (2023), "No todos sufrimos igual: Efectos diferenciales de la pandemia en la salud de la población española", Panorama Social, 38 (diciembre): 95-110. OPEN ACCESS.
Pagan, R. (2023), “Self-employment and job satisfaction among older disabled Europeans”, In Maggino, F. (eds), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 6240-6245. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-69909-7_4018-2.
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2023), "Envejecimiento y calidad de vida: el shock de la pandemia", FUNCAS, Estudios de la Fundación. Serie Economía y Sociedad, forthcoming.
2022
Pagan, R. (2022), “Examining transitions in loneliness for people without and with moderate and severe disabilities”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 44(12): 2733-2743.
Pagan, R. & Costa-Font, J. (2022). “A longitudinal analysis of the effects of disability on sleep satisfaction and sleep duration in Germany”, Current Psychology, 41:2697-2710.
2021
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2021), “Envejecimiento y capital social: La importancia de las redes de amigos y la participación social en el bienestar individual”, FUNCAS, Estudios de la Fundación. Serie Economía y Sociedad, 98:1-114.
Pagan, R. & Malo, M.A. (2021), “Performance appraisal and job satisfaction for workers without and with disabilities by gender”, Social Indicators Research, 153 (3): 1011-1039.
Pagan, R. (2021), “Leisure activities and loneliness among people with disabilities”, in A. Lubowiecki-Vikuk, B. Barbosa de Sousa, B. Derčan & W. Leal-Filho (eds.), Handbook of Sustainable Development and Leisure Services, Springer, World Sustainability Series, 67-83.
2020
Pagan, R. (2020), “Gender and age differences in loneliness: Evidence for people without and with disabilities", International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17 (24): 9176.
Pagan, R. & Horsfall, D. (2020), “Medical tourism markets: models of sustainability. The case of Spain and The Costa del Sol (Malaga)”, Sustainability, 12 (21): 8818.
Pagan, R. & Horsfall, D. (2020), “Medical tourism trends in the United Kingdom 2000-2016: Global economic crisis, migration and UK expats under consideration”, Journal of Tourism Analysis, 7 (1): 20-40.
Pagan, R. (2020), “How important are holiday trips in preventing loneliness? Evidence for people without and with self-reported moderate and severe disabilities”, Current Issues in Tourism, 23 (11): 1394-1406.
Pagan, R. (2020), “Sport participation, life satisfaction, and domains of satisfaction among people with disabilities”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 15 (3): 893-911.
2019
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2019), “Soledad, discapacidad y mercado de trabajo”, FUNCAS, Estudios de la Fundación. Serie Economía y Sociedad, 91: 1-84.
2018
Pagan, R. (2018), “Are workers with disabilities more likely to be constrained in their working hours?”, Employee Relations, 40 (3): 529-548.
Pagan, R. (2018), “Disability, life satisfaction and participation in sports”, in W. Toscano & L. Rodriguez (eds.), Handbook of Leisure, Physical Activity, Sports, Recreation and Quality of Life, Springer, International Handbooks of Quality of Life, Switzerland, 343-364.
2017
Horsfall, D. & Pagan, R. (2017), “Jumping the queue? How a focus on health tourism as benefit fraud misses much of the medical tourism story”, Social Policy Review, 29: 219-242.
Pagan, R. (2017), “Sleep duration, life satisfaction and disability”, Disability and Health Journal, 10 (2): 334-343.
Pagan, R. (2017), “Impact of working time mismatch on job satisfaction: Evidence for German workers with disabilities”, Journal of Happiness Studies, 18 (1): 125-149.
2016
Pagan, R., Ordoñez, C. & Rivas, C. (2016), “Obesity, job satisfaction and disability at older ages in Europe”, Economics and Human Biology, 20 (March): 42-54.
Pagan, R. (2016), “Are relational goods important for people with disabilities?”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 11 (7): 1117-1135.
2015
Pagan, R. (2015), “Disability, training and job satisfaction”, Social Indicators Research, 122 (3): 865-885.
Pagan, R. (2015), “Determinants of participation in further training among workers with disabilities”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 37 (11): 1009-1016.
Pagan, R. (2015), “How do leisure activities impact on life satisfaction: Evidence for German people with disabilities?”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 10 (4): 557-572.
Pagan, R. (2015), “The impact of holiday trips on life satisfaction and domains of life satisfaction: Evidence for German disabled individuals”, Journal of Travel Research, 54 (3): 359-379.
Pagan, R. (2015), “The contribution of holiday trips to life satisfaction: the case of people with disabilities”, Current Issues in Tourism, 18 (6): 524-538.
2014
Pagan, R. (2014), “How do disabled individuals spend their leisure time?”, Disability and Health Journal, 7 (2): 196-205.
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2014), “Hiring workers with disabilities when a quota requirement exists: the relevance of firm's size”, in M.A. Malo & D. Sciulli (eds.), Disadvantaged Workers, Springer AIEL Series in Labour Economics, Switzerland, 49-63.
Pagan, R., Rivas, C., Ordoñez, C. & Sanchez, J. (2014), “Older workers with disabilities: Job satisfaction differences in the public and private sectors in Europe”, Applied Research in Quality of Life, 9 (3): 711-731.
Pagan, R. (2014), “Self-employment and job satisfaction among older disabled Europeans”, In A.C. Michalos (ed.), Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research, Springer, Dordrecht, Netherlands, 5765-5769.
Pagan, R. (2014), “What makes workers with disabilities happy? The importance of non-pecuniary characteristics”, Health Economics, 23 (2): 241-247. DOI: 10.1002/hec.2905
2013
Pagan, R. (2013), "Time allocation of disabled individuals", Social Science & Medicine, 84: 80-93.
Pagan, R. (2013), "Being under time pressure: the case of workers with disabilities", Social Indicators Research, 114 (3): 831-840.
Pagan, R. (2013), "Job satisfaction and domains of job satisfaction for older workers with disabilities in Europe", Journal of Happiness Studies, 14 (3): 861-891.
2012
Pagan, R. & Perez, S. (2012), "Depression and self-reported disability among older people in Western Europe", Journal of Aging and Health, 24 (7): 1131-1156.
Pagan, R. (2012), "Time allocation in tourism for people with disabilities", Annals of Tourism Research, 39 (3): 1514-1537.
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2012), "Wage differentials and disability: Discrimination and/or lower productivity?”, International Labour Review, 151 (1/2): 43-60.
Pagan, R. (2012), “Transitions to and from self-employment among older people with disabilities in Europe”, Journal of Disability Policy Studies, 23 (2): 82-93.
Pagan, R. (2012), “Longitudinal analysis of the domains of satisfaction before and after disability: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel”, Social Indicators Research, 108 (3): 365-385.
Pagan, R. (2012), “Transitions to part-time work at older ages: The case of people with disabilities in Europe”, Disability and Society, 27 (1): 95-115.
2011
Pagan, R. (2011), “Self-employment and job satisfaction: Evidence for older people with disabilities in Europe”, European Journal of Ageing, 8 (3): 177-187.
Pagan, R. & Sánchez, N. (2011), “Evidence on the occupational segregation of older people with disabilities in Europe”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 33 (25/26): 2656-2661.
Pagan, R. (2011), “Ageing and disability: Job satisfaction differentials across Europe”, Social Science & Medicine, 72 (2): 206-215.
2010
Pagan, R. (2010), “Onset of disability and life satisfaction: Evidence from the German Socio-Economic Panel”, European Journal of Health Economics, 11 (5): 471-485.
2009
Pagan, R. (2009), “Part-time work among older workers with disabilities in Europe”, Public Health, 123: 378-383.
Pagan, R. & Malo, M.A (2009), “Job satisfaction and disability: Lower expectations about jobs or a matter of health”, Spanish Economic Review, 11 (1): 51-74.
Malo, M.A., Davila, C., & Pagan, R. (2009), "Hacia la igualdad y la no discriminación de las personas con discapacidad en el mercado de trabajo español", In Zufiaur, N. (ed) "Los retos de la igualdad en el trabajo", Fundación Francisco Largo Caballero, ISBN: 978-84-86716-40-0., 325-350.
Malo, M.A., & Pagan, R. (2009), "Diferencias salariales y discapacidad: Discriminación y baja productividad", In Fernandez, M., Montuega, V., & Riveiro, D. (eds), "El mercado de trabajo en España: Otros aspectos relevantes", ISBN: 978-84-936613-4-2.
Pagan, R. (2009), “Self-employment among people with disabilities: Evidence from Europe”, Disability and Society, 4 (2):217-229.
Pagán, R. (2009), “An empirical analysis on the incidence of part-time work among women with disabilities”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 31 (2): 73-83.
2008
Pagán, R. & Sánchez, N. (2008), “Presencia sindical en la empresa y diferencias salariales”, Estadística Española, 50 (168): 361-392.
2007
Pagan, R. (2007), “Is part-time work a good or bad opportunity for people with disabilities?: An European analysis”, Disability and Rehabilitation, 29(24): 1910-1919.
Pagan, R. (2007), “Diferencias salariales entre el empleo a tiempo completo y parcial”, Revista de Economía Aplicada, 43: 5-47.
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2007), “¿Existe la doble discriminación salarial por sexo y discapacidad en España? Un análisis empírico con datos del panel de hogares”, Moneda y Crédito, 225: 7-42.
Pagan, R. (2007), “Dynamic analysis of disability in Spain using the European Community Household Panel”, Estudios de Economía Aplicada, 25(2): 499-522.
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., and Pagan, R. (2007), “An analysis of educational mismatch and labour mobility in the hospitality sector”, Journal of Hospitality & Tourism Research, 31: 299-320.
2006
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., & Pagan, R. (2006), “Determinants of skills shortages and hard-to-fill vacancies in the hospitality sector”, Tourism Management, 27(5), 791-802.
2005
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., & Pagan, R. (2005), “Educational mismatch and wages in the hospitality sector”, Tourism Economics, 11(1), 103-117.
Malo, M.A. & Pagan, R. (2005), “Participación laboral y discapacidad: El caso de la Comunidad Andaluza”, Revista de Estudios Regionales, 74: 89-116.
2004
Pagan, R. & Marchante, A. (2004), “Diferencias salariales por discapacidad en España: el caso de los varones”, Hacienda Pública Española/Revista de Economía Pública, 171 (4): 75-100.
Pagan, R. & Marchante, A. (2004), “Mercado laboral de las personas discapacitadas en España”, Revista Andaluza de Relaciones Laborales, 13: 207-226.
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., & Pagan, R. (2004), “Déficit externo de cualificaciones en la hostería andaluza”, Temas Laborales, 74: 137-164.
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., & Pagan, R. (2004), “Determinantes del déficit de cualificaciones y vacantes difíciles de cubrir en la hostería andaluza”, Cuadernos de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, 46: 55-75.
2003
Marchante, A. J., Ortega, B., & Pagan, R. (2003), “Desajuste educativo y salarios: nueva evidencia para el caso español, Revista Asturiana de Economía, 28: 131-158.
1999
Alba, A., Álvarez, G., & Pagan, R. (1999). "Parados de larga duración¿cuántos son, quiénes son, qué tipo de empleo buscan y cuánto tardan en encontrar trabajo?", Subdirección General de Publicaciones, Ministerio de Trabajo y Asuntos Sociales, ISBN: 84-8417-005-5.