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En colaboración con Fundación ‘la Caixa’ y Save the Children ↓ Descarga el informe completo Anexos técnicos: cuantitativo · cualitativo Este estudio busca identificar y caracterizar aquellos centros educativos que, en contextos de elevada vulnerabilidad social, logran que su alumnado progrese por encima de lo que cabría esperar en comparación con otras escuelas de su entorno. […]

• El RealTimeTracker, nuestro modelo de seguimiento y pronóstico en tiempo real, estima que un crecimiento trimestral del PIB del 0,7% en el 4T25, en línea con el promedio de los últimos cuatro trimestres. También anticipa, con información aún muy incompleta, una leve aceleración en el 1T26 (+0,8%), indicando que el mantenimiento del dinamismo de […]

El sistema de becas universitarias constituye un pilar clave de la política educativa para garantizar la igualdad de oportunidades en el acceso y la permanencia en la universidad. No obstante, a pesar de su relevancia, existe poca evidencia sobre su efectividad en España: diferentes análisis señalan que los estudiantes beneficiarios de beca tienden a obtener […]

El presente estudio, parte del Observatorio del Ahorro que mantenemos con la Fundación Mutualidad de la Abogacía, analiza a fondo la evolución de la acumulación de patrimonio y cómo ha variado en el tiempo y entre composición de los hogares por segmentos de edad, e incluyendo también algunas dimensiones horizontales especialmente relevantes. Primero, observamos la […]

In the verge of a new technological revolution, Math and Science skills will gain its importance as critical skills for social and economic progress. Why some countries are better than others in teaching such skills? Recent results of the international assessment TIMSS 2023 displayed poor results for both Spain and France in Math and Science […]

The RealTimeTracker, our real-time monitoring and forecasting model, estimates GDP growth of 0.7% in Q3 2025, in line with the figures recorded in recent quarters. It also anticipates, with still very incomplete information, an increase of +0.5% in Q4, which would suggest a moderate slowdown in growth in the final quarter of the year. The 0.7% increase would have […]

→ Geoeconomic tensions have spurred diversification strategies such as China+1, nearshoring, and friendshoring, reshaping value chains to reduce concentration risks in China. → Although Chinese exports are rerouted through third countries (Mexico, Vietnam), recent U.S. “Liberation Day” tariffs curb these tactics, yet six in ten companies have already altered their logistics routes in 2025. → […]

→ Both the U.S. and EU have shifted toward protectionist policies and industrial subsidies (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, CHIPS Act, IRA; European Chips Act, MRR), reversing the era of tariff openness and raising regulatory uncertainty. → Discretionary tariff exemptions and the unpredictability of new trade barriers complicate business planning, raise capital costs, and disrupt […]

→ The Trump administration views the EU as a commercial and political rival, exercising transactional isolationism and tariffs that threaten a rules-based international order. → To reduce risks, the EU must deepen internal integration (banking union, capital markets union, fiscal union) and issue joint debt to finance security, defense, and infrastructure, thereby enhancing economic resilience. […]

→ Global geopolitical fragmentation has outpaced traditional macroeconomic institutions, and Europe must strengthen its economic sovereignty through reforms that reduce dependence on the U.S.-led financial system. → The ECB and European Commission should leverage the euro and its full potential (digital euro, joint debt issuance, capital markets union) to bolster financial autonomy and mitigate vulnerability […]

En este artículo publicado originalmente en el Informe Económico y Financiero que publicamos en marzo de 2025 con el apoyo del Banco Sabadell, las economistas Cristina Barceló y Laura Crespo (Banco de España) analizan a fondo cómo ha cambiado la propiedad de vivienda y el endeudamiento por esta vía en nuestro país. Con datos de […]

Esade publishes every six months, with the support of Banco Sabadell, the Economic and Financial Report, which on this occasion celebrates its 37th edition. With it, Esade maintains its vocation to contribute to public debate through rigorous and plural analysis that, as a prestigious school and with the complicity of its entire academic community, reinforces […]