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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Rent control has become a central part of the public policy debate. Catalonia implemented one in December 2020: Law 11/2020, which capped rents in Catalonia for a year and a half. An evaluation of the Catalan experience based on microdata and a precise methodology, comparing homes affected and unaffected by the regulation, is essential not […]

We use census data on external assessments in primary and secondary school in the Basque Country (Spain) to estimate learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2021, one year after school closures, which lasted from March to June 2020. Differences-in-differences with student and school-by-grade fixed effects show an average learning loss of 0.045 […]

These documents are part of the «Learning loss after the pandemic» project, led by the Esade Center for Economic Policy (EsadeEcPol) and the COTEC Foundation. To find out more, visit www.perdidadeaprendizaje.es Learning loss after a year of pandemic: the case of the Basque Country This first document presents the main results of the analysis of […]

La temporada turística de 2021 va a ser crucial para la recuperación de la economía española. Para modular las expectativas al respecto, es clave partir de los datos disponibles durante lo que llevamos de pandemia, que indican una afectación más intensa en España que en el resto del mundo.

Five years’ of climbing urban rents have revealed the problem of accessing this type of housing.

The impact of Covid-19 on the real estate market is crucial for economic policy.