Content of education
Article
A systematic review of the research on rural vulnerability
December 2022
This article presents a systematic review of the literature on rural vulnerability research in order to identify the different trends related to the sources of socio-environmental vulnerability in rural Spain.
Article
The impact of gender-based violence on sons and daughters: the role of schools according to the pupils
October 2022
Some 93% of children have heard of gender violence. Their preferential source of information is the school setting but, if faced with a situation of gender-based violence, they are unsure whether it would be the place to find help.
Article
How do gender, experience and caseload affect judicial decisions on intimate-partner violence cases?
September 2022
Are male and female judges equally likely to grant restraining orders in cases of gender-based violence? According to this study, gender alone is not a determining factor but it is a key factor, together with experience and caseload.
Article
Do men live in wealthier households than women?
August 2022
Does a gender gap exist in relation to household wealth? According to this study, the difference is more pronounced at advanced ages since, in old age, women have greater probabilities of being widowed and seeing their wealth limited.
Article
Inheritance Tax and Income Tax: how much should people pay?
June 2022
An experimental analysis of the preferred tax rates for different types of taxes, across a variety of taxpayer income and inheritance assumptions, and taking into account people’s perception of their own position in income distribution.
Article
Can home care for older people be improved?
July 2022
Home care for elderly people should reconcile healthcare and care linked to social services. This study provides data on the application of a tool to coordinate and optimise these two types of care.
Article
Wage inequality during the pandemic: public subsidies
May 2022
What impact has the economic crisis caused by covid-19 had on wage inequality? Have public subsidies been sufficient? We analyse which groups have been most affected.
Article
Democratic dilemmas posed by the pandemic, one year on
February 2022
A threat to public health, such as a pandemic, poses democratic dilemmas. To what extent do citizens accept the restricting of freedoms, the concentration of power, and technocratic logic in decision-making?
Article
The impact of covid-19 on the physical and mental health of Spain’s adult population
December 2021
Knowing how the pandemic affected the population’s health is fundamental for understanding the challenges facing us right now. What do the figures tell us?
Article
Can inclusive citizenship skills be taught while building universities that are more socially engaged?
February 2022
How can empathy and moral principles be encouraged to promote more inclusive citizenship? This experiment was conducted within a university context and we explain its results.
Interview
“There is no real evidence to say this will be the first generation not to reach the standard of living of its parents”
November 2018
Does education really remove social barriers? Robert Erikson analyses the degree of social mobility in advanced democracies.
Interview
“Our children are perfectly at home on YouTube, but they have no idea how a vacuum cleaner works”
October 2018
José van Dijck reflects on how the major internet platforms are determining how we communicate, buy, and even how we behave.
Article
Public and private universities: evolution of productivity and impact of the crisis
August 2018
How has the economic crisis affected the productivity of universities? This article explains how public centres have reorganised their resources better than private centres and have shown greater efficiency.
Infodata
Limitations to the training of human capital and possibilities of economic growth and social wellbeing
January 2018
What is the rate for early leaving of education and training by sex? The Europe 2020 Strategy has a target of 15%.
Interview
“We have undervalued the importance of personal interrelations in education”
May 2017
Alan Daly, Chair Professor of Education at the University of California, offers in this interview granted to the Social Observatory of "la Caixa” a view of the role of personal relations in the world of education, in which he highlights the concept of social capital.
Article
Overqualification and unemployment in young people. Pathways to employment of university graduates
April 2017
The economic crisis experienced by Spain has led to increasing numbers of young people opting to prolong their education given the lack of job prospects. This fact has caused overqualification among young people and the consolidation of unemployment.
Article
Educational expansion and the partial devaluation of credentials
October 2016
Jorge Rodríguez Menés, Professor of Political and Social Sciences,
Universitat Pompeu Fabra;
Has mass access of Spaniards to intermediate and higher education been associated with a deterioration in the quality of educational qualifications, as some international bodies have warned?
Article
The Social Elevator
September 2016
UNED;
Despite its perception in recent years, education continues to be a very effective vehicle for social promotion, as well as a more significant factor than social origin in providing access to the professional classes.
