Article
Does working while studying influence graduate employability?
April 2021
Is it possible to secure better employment by working prior to obtaining a university qualification? This analysis shows that it is, but only if the job is related to the degree’s content.
Article
Are policies designed to prevent early school leaving working in Spain?
March 2021
Is the Learning and Performance Improvement Programme (PMAR) effective for the prevention of early school leaving? According to this study, participating in the PMAR increases the probability of obtaining an ESO qualification by 12%.
Article
The evolution of employment precarity among young people in Spain, 2008-2018
March 2021
Labour precarity among young people especially affects women. They occupy worse-paid positions with higher rates of temporary work than men.
Article
Involuntary and dependent self-employment in Spain
February 2021
Involuntary self-employment in Spain (21.7% of self-employed people) exceeded the European average (16.9%) in 2017. This study indicates that involuntary self-employment is common among young people and people with a low educational level.
Article
Being a micro-influencer: an unsustainable activity for young people
February 2021
Does it pay to be a micro-influencer? Some 62% of those interviewed in this study are dissatisfied with their earnings in relation to the impact that they generate in their communities.
Article
The transition to post-compulsory education among students of immigrant origin in Catalonia
February 2021
Some 23.5% of pupils of immigrant origin leave school in the transition between compulsory and post-compulsory education. We analyse the differences by pupils' migration status and sex.
Article
Why are there more early school leavers among migrant-background young people?
February 2021
What role must teachers play to combat early leaving from education and training of young people of foreign origin? This study shows that their support is key and that they must count on the necessary resources for guiding pupils.
Article
Do fathers spend more time with their children than they used to?
January 2021
According to this study, in comparison with the year 2002, in 2010 there was an increase in the time that mothers, and even more so fathers, devoted to their children. Despite this, the gender gap persists.
Article
Temporary work and self-employment have a negative impact on workers’ wellbeing
January 2021
Is the gig economy threatening workers’ wellbeing? The rise in temporary and self-employment, favoured by the digital platforms, seems to be affecting quality of life.
Article
Immigrants’ names as an initial factor of discrimination
January 2021
An experiment with an amateur football team reveals difficulties in social integration for people of foreign origin. When faced with similar profiles, team managers tended towards choosing players with local names.
Article
Presence of foreign footballers and its impact on attitudes to immigration
January 2021
Can football alter opinions on immigration? According to this study, among a club’s followers, when the team wins thanks to foreign players, immigration is perceived more positively.
Article
Predicting international migratory movements using Google searches
December 2020
Google searches for terms such as passport, salary, or social care, as well as the desired destination country, can offer clues regarding tendencies in migratory flows.
call
Social Research Call 2021 (SRC 2021)
December 2020
”la Caixa” Foundation launches an open and competitive call to fund excellent, innovative and socially-oriented research projects.
Article
The presence of immigrants in local politics is well below their demographic weight in Spanish society
December 2020
Do municipal councils in Spain reflect the diversity of origins of the population? We analyse access to local politics for immigrants and whether differences exist between the different foreign groups.
Best practices
CURANT
December 2020
What to do with young, unaccompanied refugees who at the age of 18 have their state tutelage removed? In Belgium, they voted for a comprehensive individualised accompaniment and support from young native people with whom they are co-housed.
Best practices
Neighbourhood Mothers
December 2020
Through the training of immigrant mothers, so that they can act as “neighbourhood mothers”, this action, carried out in Denmark, is successful in transmitting to women from ethnic minorities their rights and obligations in the host country.
Best practices
From Refugees to Citizens
December 2020
“From refugees to citizens” is the slogan for the project of the German city of Altena to facilitate the social integration of refugees and asylum seekers. The distinctive trait of this experience is the leading role played by civil society.
Infodata
Temporary and part-time employment as a percentage of the working population
December 2020
Temporary work contracts are more common among the foreign population: in 2018, some 37.1% of the employed population of foreign origin had temporary contracts and 19.3%, part-time contracts, 13 and 6 points higher, respectively, than the population of native origin.
Best practices
Success for All
December 2020
In the United States, a programme aims to ensure that all students acquire basic language skills, with support measures for families and teachers. Equality in education in order to be abel to opt for the same opportunities for success
Best practices
Intercultural Community Intervention (ICI) project. ”la Caixa” Foundation
December 2020
The ”la Caixa” Foundation’s ICI project is an approach to the ethnocultural diversity of the local community, as well as that contributed by foreign immigration, with the goal of enhancing coexistence and social cohesion.
Review
Understanding immigration to coexist in the future
December 2020
Immigration causes economic, political, and cultural changes in host societies. These two works propose intelligent, innovative, and collaborative solutions to tackle the challenges of immigration.
Interview
“The concept that a job filled by an immigrant takes a job away from a native is wrong”
December 2020
What volume of immigration can the rich countries absorb? Expert Giovanni Peri affirms that not only should low-skilled and low-wage immigrants be admitted but also highly skilled professionals.
Article
Immigration, integration and sustainability of the education system
December 2020
The arrival of foreign pupils at state-owned schools caused the displacement of the children of native families with greater resources towards private schools. What effects does this displacement have on the quality of the public system?
Article
Immigration is revitalising rural Spain
December 2020
In 2019, nearly 10% of residents in Spanish municipalities with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants had been born abroad. Is immigration rejuvenating and preserving activity in depopulated areas of Spain?
Report
Analysis of social needs of the inmigrant population
December 2020
The immigrant collective is one of the most vulnerable groups and, if we compare it with native workers, a significant income gap is revealed. In this report we analyse this population segment’s social needs before covid-19.
Dossier
Immigration: challenges and opportunities
December 2020
What challenges and opportunities are posed by immigration? The ninth Dossier from the Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” analyses why this phenomenon is key for the sustainability of depopulated areas in Spain and its impact on the education system.
Infodata
Employment rates of the population (aged 24 to 64)
December 2020
Does being an immigrant influence employability? Judging by the data, yes, and prominently: in 2018, the occupation rate of the foreign population in Spain with higher education was 9.2 points below that of the native population.
Infodata
Median equivalised income of the population aged 20 to 64
December 2020
In 2018, the equivalent median income of individuals born abroad was some 37.8% lower than that of individuals born in Spain. A difference much higher than the EU average, which stands at 7.3%.
Infodata
Proportion of population at risk of poverty or social exclusion
December 2020
In 2018, of every 2 people of foreign origin in Spain, 1 was at risk of poverty or social exclusion. Discover if this exceeds the average of the EU countries.
Infodata
The phenomenon of immigration
December 2020
Did you know that 13.3% of Spain’s population is of foreign origin? Applications for asylum originating from extra-Community countries have multiplied by 12 in the last ten years in Spain.
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