Bullying is a problem that affects children and teenagers around the world and its repercussions can endure throughout adult life. Its prevalence is, in part, a product of the lack of information and the paucity of studies which analyse the wide-ranging consequences for the individuals involved. The main objective of...

Desgraciadamente en los países más desarrollados, los países que tienen un estado del bienestar más consolidado, se pueden encontrar bolsas de pobreza, desigualdad y exclusión social. El presente IEB Report pretende analizar la situación actual de la pobreza en España y Europa. Si bien las diferencias entre países son notables,...

A vueltas sobre el debate territorial en España, el catedrático de la Universitat de Barcelona (UB) y director del área de fiscalidad del IEB, Alejandro Esteller nos ofrece un nuevo Info IEB en el que pone de relieve las ventajas de la descentralización fiscal en base a su capacidad de...

We estimate the labour market and health effects of a long-term unemployment (LTU) subsidy targeted to middle aged disadvantaged workers. In order to do so, we exploit a Spanish reform introduced in July 2012 that increased the age eligibility threshold to receive the subsidy from 52 to 55. Using a...

This paper analyzes the effect of wealth taxation on mobility and the consequences for tax revenue and wealth inequality. We exploit the unique decentralization of the Spanish wealth tax system in 2011—after which all regions levied positive tax rates except for Madrid—using linked administrative wealth and income tax records. We...

Young individuals are currently living with their parents more than at any other point in time, while also spending more on housing. In this paper, I first show how labor market entry conditions affect housing tenure and affordability in the long term, by using the unemployment rate at the time...