Publications

What this report does This report assesses the state of equity, or equality of opportunity, in education in Spain and its autonomous communities, based on an original and detailed analysis of the PISA 2025 microdata and a comparison with the 2022 data. Describing and understanding educational equity in depth is highly relevant for a country’s […]

Adapting homes to use the energy consumed by the household that lives in them as efficiently as possible is one of the factors that most determines their living conditions, and its importance keeps growing: rising energy prices have increased the cost of living in an inefficient home, and climate change is intensifying thermal stress, above […]

Every six months, with the support of Banco Sabadell, Esade publishes its Economic and Financial Report, which now reaches its 39th edition under the title “Energy capabilities for a new economic era.” With it, Esade upholds its commitment to contributing to public debate through rigorous, plural analysis that, as a leading school backed by its […]

Population ageing poses one of the most significant fiscal challenges Spain will face over the coming decades. This policy brief applies the National Transfer Accounts (NTA) methodology to quantify how the taxes paid and public benefits received are distributed across the life cycle in Spain in 2024. The fiscal life cycle: →   A representative individual […]

This report analyses the state of Shadow Education (SE) in Spain using the latest available wave of the National Statistics Institute’s (INE) Household Education Expenditure Survey (EGHE 2023/24) and compares it with the immediately preceding available wave (2019/20), analysed in detail in the EsadeEcPol report by Moreno and Martínez (2023). We find that aggregate spending […]

Supported by Google ↓ Download the full report A new wave of AI-based tools is arriving on the heels of two decades of ICT in Spanish classrooms. Access, regulation, and investment are largely in place; whether this wave translates into improved learning depends on robust, evidence-based implementation. Basic evidence on what would work Lessons learned […]

The RealTimeTracker, our real-time monitoring and forecasting model, estimates GDP growth of 0.5% in Q2 2026, stepping down from the trend of the past two years. Demand, confidence, supply and the labour market all contribute to quarterly growth, pointing to a favourable diversification of growth sources. Should the slowdown be confirmed, heightened macro risks, tighter […]

In Spain, the maximum number of pupils per classroom is 25 in Primary education and 30 in lower secondary education (ESO). On 11 November 2025, the Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sport (MEFPD) presented the draft Bill to reduce the maximum class size to 22 pupils in Primary and 25 in ESO, and to […]

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 […]

Reducing class size is one of the most popular education policies among families, teachers and governments. However, its effects on learning are generally small or nil. It is also a very costly policy, as it requires hiring more teachers (70-80% of education spending goes on salaries) and having more classrooms. In Spain, it is crucial […]

Every six months, with the support of Banco Sabadell, Esade publishes the Informe Económico y Financiero (Economic and Financial Report), which now reaches its 38th edition under the title The Europe that is missing: capabilities for a hostile world. Through it, Esade maintains its commitment to contributing to public debate with rigorous and plural analysis […]

El RealTimeTracker, nuestro modelo de seguimiento y pronóstico en tiempo real, estima que un crecimiento trimestral del PIB del 0,7% en el 1T26, en línea con el promedio de los últimos trimestres. También anticipa, con información aún muy incompleta, una desaceleración en el 2T26 hasta el +0,4%, indicando que el mantenimiento del dinamismo de la […]