Articles by subject area
Article
Ageing in rural areas: an opportunity to change gender relations?
October 2018
Ageing and the care of elderly people in rural areas pose a challenge and an opportunity for change: with an ever older and increasingly male population, men will have to become more involved in the caregiver role, traditionally associated with women.
Article
Employment in Spain: still a long way off from the knowledge society
September 2018
A predominance of low-added value employment, lack of investment in innovation and precarious conditions for workers are distancing Spain from the knowledge economy. How can this situation be corrected?
Article
Economic crisis and social classes: everyone loses out, especially poorer people
July 2018
Although the economic crisis has produced a generalised impoverishment of the different population segments in our country, the impact has been much greater among the poorer classes.
Article
The new carers
May 2018
Who cares for the carers? This article by the Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” explains the changes that have taken place in the figure of the carer and also the importance of carers receiving care too.
Article
Growing numbers of elderly women will live alone: how should we respond?
May 2018
Why is the number of elderly women who live alone continually increasing? The Social Observatory of ”la Caixa” studies the causes of this phenomenon, which has important implications in the design of welfare policies.