Content with the tag: estado del bienestar
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Balancing the welfare state
November 2021
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
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.
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Participation in welfare state benefits
November 2021
Between 2008 and 2018, benefits for the elderly increased, whereas benefits for families did not improve.