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Going to work in another city: who is willing to do so and why?

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Going to work in another city: who is willing to do so and why?

November 2020

Social Inclusion
Sergi Vidal, Centre d’Estudis Demogràfics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona;

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.   

Who believes fake news in Spain?

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Who believes fake news in Spain?

November 2020

Social Inclusion
Nina Wiesehomeier and D.J. Flynn, School of Global and Public Affairs, IE University;

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. 

Does the native population move out of neighbourhoods where immigrants move in?

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Does the native population move out of neighbourhoods where immigrants move in?

November 2020

Social Inclusion
Jesús Fernández-Huertas, UC3M; Ada Ferrer i Carbonell, IAE-CSIC, Barcelona GSE, IZA; Albert Saiz, MIT; Adaptation: Jordi Pueyo;

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?

Can algorithms expose tax fraud?

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Can algorithms expose tax fraud?

October 2020

Science Social Inclusion
Ignacio González, Agencia Estatal de Administración Tributaria; Alfonso Mateos, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; Adapted by: Eli Vivas and Carina Bellver (StoryData);

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.

What do we know about the taxes we pay?

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What do we know about the taxes we pay?

October 2020

Social Inclusion
Dirk Foremny, Universitat de Barcelona;

People have important misperceptions regarding the level of taxes that they pay. Does knowing more change what we think about redistribution?

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