Content with the tag: estado del bienestar
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Balancing the welfare state
November 2021
Concepció Patxot and Gianko Michailidis, Universitat de Barcelona;
Is the welfare state biased in favour of elderly people? This article analyses the financial sustainability of the current system.
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The demographic dividend, an opportunity for the development of the economy and the welfare state
November 2021
Ronald Lee, CEDA, University of California, Berkeley; Andrew Mason, University of Hawaii, co-founders of the NTA project;
How can the experience of the developed world help other regions of the planet that are in earlier phases of demographic transition?
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Social benefits by programmes
November 2021
Some 23.1% of Spain’s GDP is assigned to programmes for the care of elderly people, health, unemployment, disability, family, social exclusion and housing.
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Feminisation of care work
November 2021
In Spain, 10% of women perform care work, by far exceeding the 5% of male carers.
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Intergenerational solidarity
November 2021
Some 34.8 of grandparents in Spain regularly care for their grandchildren, a figure much higher than the European average.