Mission Statement
The Revista
de Economía Laboral (REL) has been founded by four Economics professors
(Miguel Angel Malo, Universidad de Salamanca; Joaquín Lorences,
Universidad de Oviedo; Carlos Peraita, Universidad de Valencia; Luis
Toharia, Universidad de Alcalá) to address the existing gaps in the field
of labour economics in Spain which leaves unpublished a good deal of
interesting, quality research. In order to avoid excessive overhead costs
and also to quicken the publishing process as much as possible, the
journal will rely solely on the electronic format using the technology of
the World Wide Web. The website is located at the Universidad de Oviedo (http://web.uniovi.es/revistas/REL).
The promoters have registered the name of the review as a trademark (approval
pending). The four promoters of the REL are its Editorial Board.
An advisory Committee has also been created, formed by scholars in Labour
Economics in Spain and elsewhere.
Aims
and Scope
The aim
of the REL is the promotion of the study and application of labour
economics, the results of which helps to bring labour economic theory
nearer to reality. The editors give due recognition to the theoretical and
empirical research on the field of labour economics within a scope that
encompasses collective decision making, political behaviour, and the role
of institutions in the labour market. The journal encourages the analysis
and explanation of institutions in the Spanish labour market and the
impact of these institutions and their arrangements on labour market
outcomes. Moreover, the journal welcomes submissions of manuscripts that
have emphasis on European Union comparative analysis of labour economic
problems and their solutions in member states of the European Union. Its
aims include improving communication between academic researchers,
teachers and policy makers.
The REL
also publishes book reviews, database reviews, research announcements, and
conference announcements.
The goal of this journal is to provide a
forum for bringing together a variety of information on the Spanish labour
market using a balanced mix of theory, empirical testing and policy
applications. The journal welcomes submissions of applied and theoretical
research manuscripts in all fields of labour economics. Each manuscript
submitted to the journal is reviewed in an unbiased manner and receives
utmost attention by the editorial office and its referees. Manuscripts are
judged on the quality of their content alone, making the author's
intellectual traditions, field of study, and institutional affiliation
irrelevant for acceptance decisions.
The Revista
de Economía Laboral encourages young researchers to submit their work.
From time to time the journal publishes special issues on special topics
or subjects that have the attention of Spanish labour economists, and for
the publication of high quality papers presented at the Spanish Biennial
Conference on Labour Economics.