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.
Infodata
Percentage of the population (aged 25 to 54) with higher education
December 2020
Only 27.7% of the foreign population gains access to higher education in Spain, against 44% of the native population.
Infodata
Young people (aged 15 to 29) who neither study nor work
December 2020
The percentage of “NEETs” (Not in Education, Employment or Training) is much higher in Spain among women of foreign origin than among men (27.8% versus 21.6%).
Infodata
Disproportionate housing costs
December 2020
Some 30.4% of people of foreign origin live in households in which their housing costs exceed 40% of their disposable income.
Infodata
Overcrowding
December 2020
The population of immigrant origin has more probabilities of residing in over-occupied dwellings. Thus, in 2018, some 13.2% of people of foreign origin in Spain were living in overcrowded dwellings.
Infodata
Acquisition of nationality
December 2020
In 2017, Spanish nationality was obtained by 66,498 people, some 1.1% of the total of the immigrant population and a lower percentage than in other countries such as Italy, the United Kingdom, Germany, and France.
Infodata
Perceived health status
December 2020
People of Spanish and foreign nationalities alike have a perception of their health as good or very good, and above the European Union average.
Infodata
Perception regarding immigration
December 2020
In 2017, some 7 out of every 10 Spaniards considered that the integration of immigrants was generally satisfactory, a percentage much higher than the EU average.
Best practices
Fast Track
December 2020
In Sweden, with the collaboration of the Public Employment Service and agents from various employment sectors, newly arrived immigrants are trained to facilitate their rapid inclusion into the labour market.
Article
Imbalances between worked hours and desired hours among the younger population
November 2020
Do we work the number of hours we really want to? The percentage of young people who are experiencing imbalances has increased significantly over the last 10 years, especially among
those who would prefer to work more hours.
Article
Going to work in another city: who is willing to do so and why?
November 2020
Four out of every ten workers in Spain, who have or are seeking a job, would be prepared to go and live somewhere else. Income and the professional career associated with upwards social mobility are the main reasons for interregional mobility.
Article
Who believes fake news in Spain?
November 2020
People who get their news via social media networks give more credit to fake news. This study underlines the difficulty of effectively combating false information.
Article
Does the native population move out of neighbourhoods where immigrants move in?
November 2020
Between 1998 and 2008, the percentage of immigrant population in Spain grew from 3% to 13%. Did this favour the appearance of ghettos? Or was there balance in residential areas between natives and immigrants?
Article
Can algorithms expose tax fraud?
October 2020
Things are becoming increasingly difficult for tax evaders, with the new big data and artificial intelligence techniques that detect hidden wealth, the abuse of aggressive tax engineering and money laundering.
Article
What do we know about the taxes we pay?
October 2020
People have important misperceptions regarding the level of taxes that they pay. Does knowing more change what we think about redistribution?
Article
Why do children from disadvantaged families have a higher risk of developing childhood obesity?
September 2020
¿Does childhood obesity as a result of a disadvantaged family environment exist? This article points towards the fact that, in the face of psychological distress, many children use food as an escape valve, which causes a loss of control over their diet.
Article
Housework and childcare during the lockdown, tasks undertaken mainly by women
September 2020
Despite a slight increase in participation by men, this study shows that housework and childcare represented a heavier workload for women during the lockdown.
Article
How does parents’ education influence internet use by their children?
September 2020
The digital divide reduces equal opportunities for citizens. This article examines the reasons for this based on the analysis of ICT use patterns among Spanish compulsory secondary-school students.
Article
Personal well-being and the use of technology during lockdown
September 2020
Technology has played a key role in us continuing to work and study from home, but also in leisure and communication. We spent, on average, over 9 hours a day in front of screens. Does greater consumption mean more or less wellbeing?
call
Call to support research projects on social inequality (LL2020_5)
September 2020
This call of the Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” aims to support social research projects on inequality and the social pact in Spain.
Article
How can we improve support in Spain for public policies proposing to fight climate change?
September 2020
Climate change is a concern worldwide, but what influences support for climate change policies? According to this study, the determining factor is the perceived effectiveness of each measure.
Article
Is there a motherhood penalty for promotion at work?
July 2020
Are mothers at a disadvantage when being considered for promotion at work? This study shows that they are not, providing that they have not taken options such as flexible or reduced working hours or teleworking.
Article
More female employment than ever, but the gender gap persists
July 2020
The gender gap in employment prior to covid-19 stood at around 16.5%. This article assesses the impact of economic crises and analyses the evolution of female employment between 1980 and 2017.
Article
Employed but poor
July 2020
“In-work poverty” has the greatest impact on women and young people, and this was the case before the covid-19 crisis. This article shows that between 2010 and 2014, the median wage fell by 5.2%.
Article
Work-family balance in the summer, a bad deal for women
July 2020
How do families solve the problem of balancing work and family life when school finishes for the summer? Women bear the brunt in the labour sphere.
Report
The redistributive effects of special taxes
July 2020
The aim of excise duties is to reduce the negative impact on society of specific consumption, such as fuels or tobacco. This report shows that they are regressive in their current design.
Article
Income inequality in Spain: a growing and underestimated problem
July 2020
The increase in economic inequality in recent years in Spain translates into the richest 1% of the population obtaining a higher income than the poorest 50%. What lies behind this concentration of capital?
Article
Are intermediate jobs disappearing? The myth of labour polarisation in Europe
July 2020
Is labour polarisation occurring in Europe? This study, prior to the covid-19 crisis, shows that in Spain, in barely 25 years, employment in higher-quality occupations has almost doubled.
Article
What influences people’s social position most: their family background or their skills?
July 2020
We analyse the relative influence of the family background and the skills of each person on social mobility. Are there differences between the Nordic countries and those in southern Europe such as Italy and Spain?
Article
The asymmetrical impact of the covid-19 crisis on the European labour market
July 2020
The impact of the covid-19 crisis on the labour market is being more pronounced in the Mediterranean countries and is concentrated on workers with low salaries and in precarious jobs, as well as women and younger workers.
call
Call to support survey-based research projects on the impact of covid-19
June 2020
The aim of the call was to support survey-based research that allows data to be obtained on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Spanish society.
call
Call to support research projects on the social impact of covid-19
June 2020
The aim of the call was to support survey-based research that allows data to be obtained on the impact of the covid-19 pandemic on Spanish society.
Report
The redistributive effects of wealth tax
June 2020
Does a wealth tax help to reduce inequality when it comes to distributing wealth? This report shows that Spain’s wealth tax displays major shortcomings that limit its collection and redistributive impact.
Article
How is the use and expenditure of public healthcare services distributed?
June 2020
Healthcare spending is unequal: it increases with age and is higher among men than women. Furthermore, 5% of the population is responsible for 50% of total expenditure. We analyse the factors that explain this, within a pre-covid-19 scenario.
Article
Strengths and weaknesses of Spain’s economy with regard to the challenge of digitalisation
June 2020
A lack of investment in innovation, major employment precarity and a lack of refresher training are obstacles for tackling the digitalisation of the Spanish economy. We analyse the causes.
Report
Analysis of social needs of women and men
June 2020
Have we improved in terms of equality between men and women? In this report we analyse five dimensions: economic wellbeing, employment, access to decent housing, education and state of health.
Report
Analysis of social needs of senior citizens
May 2020
Elderly people enjoy greater economic stability but suffer from a worse state of health. We analyse the situation of this population segment prior to the drastic change caused by covid-19.
Report
Analysis of social needs of youth
May 2020
A lack of professional opportunities and labour precarity mean that young people are very vulnerable to economic crises. What were the circumstances of this group prior to covid-19?
Report
Analysis of social needs of children
May 2020
Deprivations during childhood become unequal opportunities in adulthood. Understanding the conditions in which this population segment lived prior to the covid-19 crisis can help to prepare for the future.
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