With the execution deadline of August 2026 already in sight, EsadeEcPol presents the update of its NextGenEU Tracker with data as of 12 March 2026. The report examines a programme entering its final sprint: progress is substantial, but the gap between called and awarded funds, fund concentration, and administrative bottlenecks pose critical challenges in the […]

This study, part of the Savings Observatory we run with Fundación Mutualidad de la Abogacía, provides an in-depth analysis of how wealth accumulation has evolved over time and across household compositions by age group, also including some particularly relevant cross-cutting dimensions. First, we look at the evolution of wealth using the Survey of Household Finances […]

In collaboration with Implement Consulting Group · With the support of Google ↓ Download the report  AI offers great potential to improve the delivery of public services while addressing particularly pressing challenges in the current Spanish context, such as reducing bureaucratic burdens and improving interactions with citizens. In a context like the current one, with […]

Since the launch of the European Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), analyzing and tracking the execution of funds allocated to Spain has been essential to evaluate not only economic absorption but also their capacity to drive significant transformations in the Spanish economy, as outlined in the Recovery, Transformation, and Resilience Plan. At EsadeEcPol, we have […]

On June 15, 2023, the government launched a 50% subsidy on the price of high-speed tickets (up to a maximum of €30 bonus), aimed at young people. The measure was aimed at young people between 18 and 30 years of age and was explicitly intended to improve their access to this type of travel. The […]

→ Seasonal rentals in Barcelona have grown from 2.1% of total listings in 2019 to 14.4% in 2023: their relative share has increased sevenfold. → In Madrid, they have also grown exponentially, though less intensely: from 4% to 10% (3.5 times). → Meanwhile, the share of long-term rental listings among total advertisements has dropped in […]

Key ideas → With the available evidence, we cannot claim that the subsidy for metropolitan rail transport has reduced the number of cars on the streets of Madrid. → Nor is there any effect for the areas with the highest traffic intensity, lower (or higher) income levels, the main access roads to the city (M-30), […]

The new housing policy aims to solve the evident rental problems in Spanish cities through price controls in stressed areas and an effort to increase the supply of social rental housing. The effort on access is promising and goes in the right direction to solve the problem, while the controls could prove counterproductive. The commitment […]

Inflation is causing a severe loss of purchasing power for many families in Spain, especially those on lower incomes. In response to this problem, on 1 January 2023 the Spanish government decided to cut VAT on essential foodstuffs from 4% to 0%, while other basic foods (such as uncooked pasta or oil) went from 10% […]

This policy brief is a summary of the academic working paper by Ángel Martínez Jorge and Javier Martínez Santos, which you can find here. Sugar taxes have become the benchmark measure to discourage the consumption of a product considered to be strongly associated with obesity, especially childhood obesity. In 2021 Spain raised VAT from 10% […]

In this paper we evaluate the tax on sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened beverages by exploiting a natural quasi-experiment in Spain: in 2021 an increase in Value Added Tax was introduced in all regions of Spain except a few that do not have VAT. These regions serve as a control group, offering a unique opportunity in […]