Infodata
Young people and family relationships
April 2017
How has the economic situation changed between 2005 and 2015 for young people who live with their parents? Young men leave the parental home nearly two years later than young women.
Infodata
Young people and demographic trends
April 2017
What percentage of the total represents the child and youth population? In the year 2015, a third of the Spanish population was aged below 30 years.
Dossier
Youth unemployment and poverty: a structural problem?
April 2017
The relationship between young people and the labour market is the central theme of this second Dossier from the “la Caixa” Social Observatory. The effect of the economic crisis on youth unemployment in the countries in our area will be a key factor to take into account when profiling the welfare states of tomorrow.
Interview
Fair society, healthy lives
April 2017
Director of the Institute of Health Equityof of the University College London (UCL)
Michael Marmot, director de Instituto de Equidad y Salud del University College London, explica los mecanismos que vinculan la desigualdad social con una mala salud, así como las políticas que deberían ponerse en marcha para reducirlas.
Best practices
Incorpora Programme
April 2017
Instituto Avedis Donabedian – UAB
How can the occupational integration of people in a situation of or at risk of social exclusion be promoted? Rosa Suñol, director of the Avedis Donabedian Institute, explains the situation in Spain and the solutions that are being applied.
Article
The challenge for the Youth Guarantee
April 2017
University of Valladolid
Numerous diagnoses exist relating to the increase in youth unemployment caused by the economic crisis. The article reflects on the effectiveness of policies generated according to these diagnoses and, especially, on the European Recommendation of the Youth Guarantee.
Article
Low education level, low labour force participation
April 2017
University of Oviedo
The economic crisis has affected the labour market for young people in Spain, especially for those with a low level of education. This situation needs to be reverted to avoid many under-30s ultimately suffering from exclusion.
Article
The unequal impact of social exclusion in Spain (2007-2013)
April 2017
Between the years 2007 and 2013, the difficulties faced in employment, housing and health worsened considerably in Spain. This article by the Social Observatory of "la Caixa” reflects on the problems that have intensified social exclusion which affects, above all, the younger population.
Article
Overqualification and unemployment in young people. Pathways to employment of university graduates
April 2017
The economic crisis experienced by Spain has led to increasing numbers of young people opting to prolong their education given the lack of job prospects. This fact has caused overqualification among young people and the consolidation of unemployment.
Article
Is research responding to health needs?
March 2017
How can we ensure that biomedical research is aligned with social needs? This article from the Social Observatory of “la Caixa” analyses how resources could be assigned efficiently.
Article
Evolución comparada de la pobreza infantil, juvenil y de los mayores en Europa
March 2017
Has the protection of children and young people decreased over the last decade? In many European countries the child poverty rate is higher than the poverty rate among people aged over 64 years. This divergence is especially pronounced in Spain.
Article
Los permisos parentales como instrumentos para la igualdad de genero
February 2017
Jesús Rogero-García, lecturer in Sociology
Pedro Romero-Balsas, lecturer in Sociology,
Autonomous University of Madrid
Today, thanks to policies aimed at reconciling working life and family life, increasing numbers of men are taking parental leave to be able to raise their newborn children. These new policies represent progress towards gender equality, but in Spain a significant difference still exists between men and women in the usage they make of parental leave entitlements.
Review
Arriving in Rural Village Communities, Staying There or Leaving
December 2016
How should migration within the European context be studied? These two books, from the standpoints of gender and rurality, tackle a phenomenon previously studied above all in urban contexts with male protagonists. With these new perspectives, the scientific view offers extra depth to an issue of recent social importance.
Article
Empty Ballot Boxes in the City Suburbs
December 2016
Braulio Gómez, Researcher in Political Science at the University of Deusto
Manuel Trujillo, Coordinator of the Statistics Unit at the Advanced Social Studies Institute (IESA-CSIC)
Increasingly, the inhabitants of the suburbs have been choosing not to go and vote. What are the reasons that explain such extreme abstention by this collective in electoral processes? Has the new politics managed to draw greater participation from the more disadvantaged areas?
Interview
“Fighting climate change will benefit our health enormously”
October 2016
World Health Organization (WHO)
Atmospheric contamination causes 7 million deaths every year. María Neira, director of the WHO department of Public Health, Environmental and Social Determinants of Health, explains how policies focusing on improving people’s health also benefit the planet.
Article
Educational expansion and the partial devaluation of credentials
October 2016
Jorge Rodríguez Menés, Professor of Political and Social Sciences,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Has mass access of Spaniards to intermediate and higher education been associated with a deterioration in the quality of educational qualifications, as some international bodies have warned?
Article
The Social Elevator
September 2016
UNED
Despite its perception in recent years, education continues to be a very effective vehicle for social promotion, as well as a more significant factor than social origin in providing access to the professional classes.
Barometer
Percentage of people at risk of poverty and/or social exclusion (AROPE indicator)
September 2016
Barometer
GDP per inhabitant in Purchasing Power Standards (PPS). Index (EU-28 = 100)
September 2016
Barometer
Duration of relative poverty in households with children aged below 15 years
September 2016
Barometer
Percentage of children aged below 15 years by work intensity of the household
September 2016
Barometer
Percentage of households experiencing severe material deprivation by household type
September 2016
Barometer
Representative salary per hour worked by education level attained and age group
September 2016
Interview
“The profile of the Spanish cultural consumer is similar to its European counterpart”
September 2016
Víctor Fernández Blanco builds up a diagnosis regarding cultural participation, highlighting the different consumer profiles and the changes that these reflect in their behaviours and routines.
Interview
“No matter what the economy does, art and culture will continue to function”
September 2016
Macquarie University (Australia)
In this interview David Throsby, a specialist in the economics of art and culture, offers a global view of what the concepts of culture and art mean, including their value as well as the relationship that these disciplines have with the economy.
Review
Changing the Conversation about Inequality
September 2016
Tackling growing inequality in income distribution and wealth is a social challenge that demands an innovative approach. Academic Anthony B. Atkinson proposes 15 actions that combine old policies with new instruments.
Article
Climate Change and Human Rights
September 2016
Wake Forest University (United States)
John Knox, United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights and the environment, explains how climate change is endangering the right to life, health, water, food, housing, development and self-determination.
Infodata
Early Childhood Education
September 2016
With the aim of improving parental access to the labour market, the Council of Europe is working towards all countries in the European Union achieving 33% of children enrolled in pre-school education.
Infodata
Occupation and Salary Gap
September 2016
On average, men earn more than women for the same jobs. However, although the crisis reduced average salaries for everyone, the related growth in unemployment affected men more than women.
Infodata
Education and Salaries
September 2016
The higher the level of education, the bigger the salary? Effectively, in 2015, the earnings of people with higher education qualifications were, on average, nearly 38% higher than those of people who had only completed intermediate education.
Infodata
Education level
September 2016
What does the level of studies attained tell us about the structure of a society? Our country has a very high proportion of university graduates, but also a large percentage of people who have completed only primary education.
Infodata
Education and Immigration
September 2016
How many students of immigrant origin are enrolled in the education system? During the 2014-2015 academic year in Spain, they represented 8.6% of total students, a low proportion in comparison with many other European countries
Infodata
Structure of the Education System
September 2016
Sometimes it is difficult to translate the language of international bodies that we use on a daily basis. What are the equivalences between the ISCED educational levels used by the UNESCO and the system used in Spain?
Article
Attendance at Publicly-Funded Arts Events
September 2016
Trinity College Dublin 2
What is the cause behind such a high disparity in the participation rates in cultural offerings financed using public funds? Does this have a direct relationship with the population’s level of education?
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