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  1. In health and unemployment: well-being impacts of joblessness on oneself and partners

    Article • International Journal of Health Economics and Management, July 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  2. Evaluating the impact of waiting lists on hospital efficiency and costs

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, June 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  3. Is Spain's energy voucher lighting the way for the poor? A microeconomic evaluation of the Bono Social Eléctrico

    Article • Energy Economics, June 2026, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  4. An alternative approach for analysing the gender wage gap in managerial positions: a stochastic latent class model

    Article • Applied Economics, March 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  5. The cost of readmissions in hospitals: the case of the Spanish public hospitals

    Article • Health Economics Review, November 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  6. Economic, environmental, and energy equity convergence: Evidence of a multi-speed Europe?

    Article • Ecological Economics, May 2024, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  7. Measuring local employment multipliers and informal employment: a stochastic frontier approach

    Article • Regional Studies, April 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  8. Psychological Well-Being during the COVID-19 Lockdown: Labour Market and Gender Implications

    Article • Applied Research in Quality of Life, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  9. Effects of precarious work on mental health: evidence from Spain

    Article • Applied Economics, July 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  10. A Multilevel Mixed Effects Model to Evaluate Effectiveness of Treatment for Problem Gambling

    Article • The Journal of Gambling Business and Economics, December 2021, University of Buckingham Press

    Dr Levi Pérez, Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  11. Gambling Outlets Location in Urban Areas: A Case Study of Madrid

    Article • Journal of Gambling Studies, December 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Levi Pérez, Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  12. Alleviating energy poverty in Europe: Front-runners and laggards

    Article • Energy Economics, November 2021, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  13. Air pollution and life expectancy in Europe: Does investment in renewable energy matter?

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, October 2021, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  14. The contribution of resident physicians to hospital productivity

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  15. Objective vs. subjective fuel poverty and self-assessed health

    Article • Energy Economics, March 2020, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  16. The efficiency of public employment services: a matching frontiers approach

    Article • Applied Economic Analysis, December 2019, Emerald

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  17. Fuel poverty and Well-Being:A consumer theory and stochastic frontier approach

    Article • Energy Policy, August 2019, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  18. Measuring technical efficiency and marginal costs in the performing arts: the case of the municipal theatres of Warsaw

    Article • Journal of Cultural Economics, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  19. Wage Frontiers in Pre and Post-crisis Spain: Implications for Welfare and Inequality

    Article • Social Indicators Research, September 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  20. The impact of health on wages: evidence for Europe

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, March 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  21. Spanish public hospital waiting lists: a theoretical and empirical approach

    Article • Economics, October 2017, De Gruyter

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  22. Comparing the gender gap in gross and base wages

    Article • International Journal of Manpower, August 2017, Emerald

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  23. Analysing wage differentials when workers maximize the return to human capital investment

    Article • Applied Economics, January 2017, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  24. Linking hearing impairment, employment and education

    Article • Public Health, December 2016, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  25. Measuring allocative efficiency in Cultural Economics: the case of “Fundación Princesa de Asturias” (The Princess of Asturias Foundation)

    Article • Journal of Cultural Economics, November 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  26. Making a distinction between the effect of initial stock and investment in health determinants

    Article • The European Journal of Health Economics, March 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  27. Estimating technology in the postal sector: a Bayesian approach

    Article • Applied Economics, January 2016, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  28. 10.1093/eurpub/ckl085

    Article • Transport Policy, November 2012, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez, Professor Beatriz Tovar

  29. The response of decentralized health services to demand uncertainty and the role of political parties in the Spanish public health system

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, July 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  30. RESERVE CAPACITY OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HOSPITALS IN RESPONSE TO DEMAND UNCERTAINTY

    Article • Health Economics, June 2011, Wiley

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  31. The effects of stochastic demand and expense preference behaviour on public hospital costs and excess capacity

    Article • Health Economics, February 2009, Wiley

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  32. From European to Asian leadership in the economic efficiency of the world air industry

    Article • Applied Economics Letters, January 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  33. Firm and time varying technical and allocative efficiency: An application to port cargo handling firms

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, September 2007, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez, Professor Beatriz Tovar

  34. Urgencias hospitalarias y de atención primaria en Asturias: variaciones entre áreas sanitarias y evolución desde 1994 hasta 2001

    Article • Gaceta Sanitaria, July 2007, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  35. Impacto en Asturias de las urgencias de atención primaria sobre las hospitalarias: un análisis de cointegración de series temporales

    Article • Revista Española de Salud Pública, April 2007, FapUNIFESP (SciELO)

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  36. Does better access to primary care reduce utilization of hospital accident and emergency departments? A time-series analysis

    Article • European Journal of Public Health, February 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  37. Do we estimate an input or an output distance function? An application of the mixture approach to European railways

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  38. The cost of strikes in the Spanish mining sector: modelling an undesirable input with a distance function

    Article • Journal of Productivity Analysis, January 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  39. Liberalisation and efficiency in international air transport

    Article • Transportation Research Part A Policy and Practice, February 2006, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  40. Allocative inefficiency and its cost:

    Article • International Journal of Production Economics, November 2004, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  41. Excess capacity and expense preference behaviour in National Health Systems: an application to the Spanish public hospitals

    Article • Health Economics, January 2004, Wiley

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  42. Technical Efficiency of Road Haulage Firms

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  43. Technical Efficiency and Liberalisation within International Air Transport (1992–2000)

    Article • January 2004, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  44. The allocative efficiency measure by means of a distance function: The case of Spanish public railways

    Article • European Journal of Operational Research, February 2002, Elsevier

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  45. Technical Efficiency of Road Haulage Firms

    Article • January 2002, Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  46. Economic efficiency in Spanish ports: some empirical evidence

    Article • Maritime Policy & Management, April 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez

  47. Analysis of the Allocative Efficiency in Public Firms: the Case of Railway

    Article • Springer Science + Business Media

    Ana Rodriguez-Alvarez