Nuevos retos para el sindicalismo europeo. La Jurisprudencia del TJUE relativa al desplazamiento de trabajadores en el marco de una prestación transnacional de servicios

El TJUE ha consagrado en sus sentencias Viking, Laval, Rüffert y Comisión contra Luxemburgo una interpretación restrictiva de la directiva 96/71/CE sobre el desplazamiento de trabajadores en el marco de prestación de servicios transnacional, dando preponderancia a los principios económicos de la UE, frente a los sociales, y favoreciendo el dumping social. El objetivo será analizar si los fundamentos jurídicos de las sentencias se pueden rebatir, y hacer especial hincapié en el posicionamiento de la Confederación Europea de Sindicatos a este respecto.

Autoridad de certificación PKI con servicios en línea

El present TFC consisteix en una aplicació web que simula una Autoritat Certificadora en una PKI amb serveis en línea. Les operacions que realitza la CA,son: genera el seu parell de Claus, el seu certificat auto signat, els parells de Claus dels usuaris i els seus certificats, la base de dades de l¿aplicació i la llista de certificats revocats.Tots els certificats generats son X509V3, mentre que les Claus son totes RSA de 2048 bits.

Social Determinants of Child Health in Colombia: Can Community Education Moderate the Effect of Family Characteristics?

Contextual effects on child health have been investigated extensively in previous research. However, few studies have considered the interplay between community characteristics and individual-level variables. This study examines the influence of community education and family socioeconomic characteristics on child health (as measured by height and weight-for-age Z-scores), as well as their interactions. We adapted the Commission on Social Determinants of Health (CSDH) framework to the context of child health. Using data from the 2010 Colombian Demographic and Health Survey (DHS), weighted multilevel models are fitted since the data are not self-weighting. The results show a positive impact of the level of education of other women in the community on child health, even after controlling for individual and family socioeconomic characteristics. Different pathways through which community education can substitute for the effect of family characteristics on child nutrition are found. The interaction terms highlight the importance of community education as a moderator of the impact of the mother’s own education and autonomy, on child health. In addition, the results reveal differences between height and weight-for-age indicators in their responsiveness to individual and contextual factors. Our findings suggest that community intervention programmes may have differential effects on child health. Therefore, their identification can contribute to a better targeting of child care policies.

Facturación de servicios

Este proyecto se ha realizado mediante un convenio de prácticas con la empresa UNIT4 (Barberà del Vallès). Se basa en el desarrollo de un nuevo módulo enfocado hacia compañías distribuidoras de productos, que será incorporado en el software de gestión que vende la empresa. Este módulo consistirá en facturar algunos servicios ofrecidos en los envíos de paquetes, que se incluirán en el albarán de entrega de los mismos.

Migración de servicios críticos: de plataformas propietarias a software libre

El objetivo principal del presente trabajo pretende demostrar el potencial del software libre frente al software propietario que actualmente utiliza la empresa Systemum.

ConectCat : aplicación web : fiestas locales y otros servicios y puntos de interés en Cataluña

Aplicación web basada en mapas interactivos y timeline. Permite visualizar las fiestas locales así como otros servicios y puntos de interés de Cataluña.

El trabajo en equipo, la planificación y la concertación de servicios en la práctica profesional

Con el título “El trabajo en equipo, la planificación y concertación de servicios en la práctica profesional” se presenta la experiencia formativa que se desarrolla en el segundo curso de la Diplomatura de Educación Social con la intención de que los estudiantes investiguen y reflexionen sobre la práctica de la planificación socioeducativa en un contexto de concurso público para la concertación de un servicio.

Informe sobre la calidad de los servicios de prevención en España

El Informe sobre la calidad de los Servicios de Prevención en España es el resultado de un proyecto que el Observatorio de Salud Laboral impulsó en el año 2006 para abordar, desde una óptica de calidad, la actividad desarrollada por los Servicios de Prevención en España, con la intención de que el propio proceso de evaluación genere un mayor interés por la calidad y la predisposición favorable a introducir mejoras. El Informe pretende aportar conceptos, herramientas e informaciones que faciliten y promuevan la toma de decisiones para mejorar la calidad de los Servicios de Prevención en España.

¿Es posible reducir el gasto sanitario a través del subsidio a los seguros sanitarios privados? La doble cobertura sanitaria en Catalunya. Estimación de patrones de utilización de servicios sanitarios y simulación de costes asociados a la asistencia sanit

The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms the potential reduction in usage of public health care outlets associated to the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model for the marginal cost of a visit to a physician is estimated using data from a representative sample of fee-for-service payments from a major insurer. Combining the estimates from the two models it is possible to quantify in money terms the cost/savings of alternative policies which bear an impact on the adoption of double insurance by the population. The results suggest that the private sector absorbs an important volume of demand which would be re-directed to the public sector if consumers cease to hold double insurance.

El perfil lingüístico de los aprendientes en el aula multicultural de interpretación en los servicios públicos: Un modelo de análisis

Tras un repaso a los enfoques investigadores (psicolingüístico, sociocultural) en la interpretación de conferencias y en la interpretación en los servicios públicos (ISP), el presente trabajo analiza distintos paradigmas didácticos (paradigma socioconstructivista) en la búsqueda de una propuesta pedagógica para las aulas multiculturales de la ISP, partiendo del modelo de análisis del “Perfil Lingüístico” de los estudiantes. El presente trabajo desarrolla dicho modelo y lo lleva a cabo en un trabajo de campo, abriendo una nueva vía en la investigación de una pedagogía para la ISP.

La Alfabetización digital mediática y el reto de las TIC en Colombia : diagnóstico y análisis de las principales iniciativas educomunicativas en el escenario 2.0

Històricament la inserció de Colombia a les TIC i al desenvolupament que aquestes comporten va ser lenta. Tot i això, als últims anys s'han desenvolupat projectes de infraestructura i apropiació tecnològica a grans velocitats. En aquest escenari la educomunicació ha avançat de manera formidable i la web colombiana comença a nodrir-se de continguts abundants i de qualitat per a l'educació. Aquest treball examina les principals iniciatives 2.0 per a l'educomunicació i dóna un diagnòstic sobre la seva funcionalitat (progressos i carències). Finalment, dóna una serie de recomanacions per al correcte ús de les eines que ofereix la web 2.0

From severance pay to self-insurance: Effects of severance payments savings accounts in Colombia

In 1990 Colombia replaced its traditional system of severance paymentswith a new system of severance payments savings accounts (SPSAs). Althoughseverance payments often are justified on the grounds that they provideinsurance against earnings loss, they also increase costs for employersand distort employment decisions. The impact of severance payments dependslargely on how much of the costs to employers can be shifted to workers.The theoretical analysis in this paper shows that, in contrast to atraditional system of severance payments, the system of SPSAs facilitatesthe shifting of severance payments costs to workers in the form of lowerwages. Empirical results using the Colombian National Household Surveysindicate that the introduction of SPSAs shifted around 80% of the totalseverance payments contributions to wages and had a positive effect onweekly hours. Results using the 1997 Colombian Living Standards MeasurementSurvey suggest that, although SPSAs in part replaced employer insurancewith self-insurance, SPSAs continue to play a consumption smoothing rolefor the non-employed.

¿Es posible reducir el gasto sanitario a través del subsidio a los seguros sanitarios privados? La doble cobertura sanitaria en Catalunya. Estimación de patrones de utilización de servicios sanitarios y simulación de costes asociados a la asistencia

The objective of this study consists in quantifying in money terms thepotential reduction in usage of public health care outlets associatedto the tenure of double (public plus private) insurance. In order to address the problem, a probabilistic model for visits to physicians is specified and estimated using data from the Catalonian Health Survey. Also, a model for the marginal cost of a visit to a physician is estimated using data from a representative sample of fee-for-service payments from a major insurer. Combining the estimates from the two models it is possible to quantify in money terms the cost/savings of alternative policies which bear an impact on the adoption of double insurance by the population. The results suggest that the private sector absorbs an important volumeof demand which would be re-directed to the public sector if consumerscease to hold double insurance.

The effects of structural reforms on productivity and profitability enhancing reallocation: Evidence from Colombia

Estimates for the U.S. suggest that at least in some sectors productivity enhancing reallocationis the dominant factor in accounting for producitivity growth. An open question, particularlyrelevant for developing countries, is whether reallocation is always productivity enhancing. Itmay be that imperfect competition or other barriers to competitive environments imply that thereallocation process is not fully e?cient in these countries. Using a unique plant-levellongitudinal dataset for Colombia for the period 1982-1998, we explore these issues byexamining the interaction between market allocation, and productivity and profitability.Moreover, given the important trade, labor and financial market reforms in Colombia during theearly 1990's, we explore whether and how the contribution of reallocation changed over theperiod of study. Our data permit measurement of plant-level quantities and prices. Takingadvantage of the rich structure of our price data, we propose a sequential mehodology to estimateproductivity and demand shocks at the plant level. First, we estimate total factor productivity(TFP) with plant-level physical output data, where we use downstream demand to instrumentinputs. We then turn to estimating demand shocks and mark-ups with plant-level price data, usingTFP to instrument for output in the inversedemand equation. We examine the evolution of thedistributions of TFP and demand shocks in response to the market reforms in the 1990's. We findthat market reforms are associated with rising overall productivity that is largely driven byreallocation away from low- and towards highproductivity businesses. In addition, we find thatthe allocation of activity across businesses is less driven by demand factors after reforms. Wefind that the increase in aggregate productivity post-reform is entirely accounted for by theimproved allocation of activity.

El impacto de los servicios sanitarios sobre la salud

This paper reviews what has increased medical-care spending bought in terms of health benefitswith longitudinal data from the U.S and, more limited, from Spain. Health services contributionto health has been positive in average, especially during the last 50 years for the U.S andthe last 30 years for Spain. This contribution differs among countries and is much greater forsome diseases (cardiovascular) than for others (cancer). Benefits from health care interventionscan be valued on basis on the social willin gness to pay, observed or declared on the process ofestablishing health policy priorities. 30.000 euros per Quality Adjusted Life Year could providean efficiency threshold for financing publicly health services in Spain: Consensus andlegitimacy of the political process of establishing health priorities becomes, however, moreimportant than any approximate number. Attention is paid finally to bridging the gap betweenefficacy (the possibilities given by innovation and resources devoted to health care) andeffectiveness (the distance to the frontier) of the everyday working of a health system with itsinappropriate care and limited application of the existing knowledge.