This study provides empirical data on social inclusion policies in Spain,
showing significant impacts on employment, social support, education,
digital skills and housing. The outcomes reinforce the importance of
designing evidence-based public policies.
What is more important than salary? Flexibility, short commutes, and a good
working environment... although the biggest difference emerges when safety
against harassment comes into play.
This report analyses how some schools in the Canary Islands (primary
schools) and Catalonia (secondary schools) manage to ensure that their
students make progress beyond expectations, despite social vulnerability.
The study confirms that primary healthcare could be a key area for the
detection of gender-based violence. However, many victims do not go to
health services after suffering an episode of violence, which makes it
difficult to identify numerous cases.
This study provides empirical data on social inclusion policies in Spain,
showing significant impacts on employment, social support, education,
digital skills and housing. The outcomes reinforce the importance of
designing evidence-based public policies.
The cheque bebé was a payment designed to incentivise the birth rate,
however its effect was limited. Although it helped some families to decide,
difficulty in reconciling work and motherhood has continued to be the main
obstacle to having more children.
Work-life balance policies that strengthen job stability can contribute to
increasing fertility by improving compatibility between work and
motherhood, but they also pose challenges for female recruitment.