Education

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 […]

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 […]

Teachers are the most decisive school factor for the quality of education systems. In Spain, the teaching profession is at a critical juncture, shaping education for the coming decades. Recent data show an increase in fatigue, feelings of isolation, and dissatisfaction among a portion of teachers. This report explores the state of the teaching profession […]

Subsidized education is a central element of the Spanish educational system. While 67% of students attend public schools, nearly 30% attend publicly funded but privately owned centers, called “centros concertados”(and only 4% attend self-financed private centers). The “concertados” fulfills an instrumental function in the development of Article 27 of the Constitution: freedom of education. However, […]

This study proposes the most in-depth and detailed analysis of gender inequality in STEM fields in Spain to date. Distinctively, we focus on areas with a significant emphasis on mathematics, where the most pronounced gaps occur; we cover everything from basic education, thanks to the latest PISA results, to the professional career, for which we […]

Las becas universitarias son la política pública central para tratar de igualar el acceso a la educación superior para jóvenes de familias en desventaja socioeconómica. En España tienen una cobertura aproximada del 25%, y se asignan en base al nivel de ingresos y el tamaño de las familias condicionadas a cumplir unos requisitos académicos mínimos. […]

Key Data The gaps in educational outcomes in Spain have tended to remain stable or increase after the pandemic:   → One out of every six points of difference between students in PISA mathematics scores can be explained by socioeconomic inequality, a degree similar to 2018.   → Students from a low socioeconomic background are almost 4 […]

Aida Caldera, head of division in the OECD’s economics department, talks to Jorge Galindo, deputy director of EsadeEcPol, about the organization’s latest report analyzing the Spanish economy. They address its short-term resilience and how it contrasts with the worst medium- and long-term prospects, going in depth into its bottlenecks (productivity, debt) and how they condition […]

El 50% de los Catedráticos y el 24% de los Profesores Titulares tienen sesenta años o más, lo que hace esperable su jubilación en la próxima década. Solo mantener constante el número de profesores permanentes exigiría en ese tiempo la incorporación de unos 12.000 nuevos perfiles. Esta necesidad abre una oportunidad de impulso investigador, considerando […]

Last Tuesday, November 28th, we talked about our book “Un País Posible: Manual de Reformas Políticamente Viables” (Un País Posible: A Handbook of Politically Viable Reforms) thanks to the invitation of the Harvard Kennedy School Spain Alumni Network. The conversation counted with the interventions of Toni Roldán, Miguel Almunia, Marta Suárez-Varela and Antonio Cabrales and […]

España tiene prácticamente la misma renta real per capita que hace 15 años, mientras que otros países de nuestro entorno son mucho más ricos que entonces. Esto significa que en los últimos dieciocho años no hemos mejorado, de media, nuestro nivel de vida. Nos encontramos, por tanto, en el camino hacia dos décadas perdidas. Hay […]

Ideas clave → En EsadeEcpol hemos realizado un nuevo análisis más completo y riguroso que los existentes para analizar el gasto de escolar de las familias.. → El gasto medio por alumno en material escolar es de 328€ en Primaria, 398€ en la ESO, y 474€ en Bachillerato. → Libros de texto y material informático […]