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June 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on June 1, 2017
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Is the Spanish Job Creation Model Fragile? The Case of Tourism

The situation on the Spanish labour market is being debated by specialists and policy makers with respect to two central questions: on the one hand, the type of employment that is being generated following the crisis and, on the other hand, the medium-to-long term sustainability of this job creation.
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April 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on April 1, 2017
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Skill Mismatch: the New Challenge for Spain

As the Spanish economy recovers, rethinking education reform should be a top priority. Spanish workers are Europe’s most overqualified, but also suffer from the greatest skill mismatch, lacking the skills necessary for their jobs.
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January 1, 2017
Published by EPICENTER on January 1, 2017
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The Solution to the Spanish Pension System

It is increasingly evident that public pensions are going to be hard to sustain in the future: the ratio of workers to pensioners is close to a historical low. The crisis has taken nearly two million contributors out of the system, and adds to another variable that proves a greater challenge and is even more difficult to reverse: demographics.
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May 3, 2016
Published by EPICENTER on May 3, 2016
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Tax and Labour Market Reform in Spain: A Work in Progress

When former Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero and his Socialist party (PSOE) took office in early 2008, they argued that Spain was not entering an economic crisis, in spite of the fact that all macroeconomic indicators pointed to the contrary.
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January 11, 2016
Published by EPICENTER on January 11, 2016
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A Statist Agenda Would Destroy All the Gains Spain Has Made Since Joining the EU

In many ways, Spain is the EU’s poster child. The country’s determination to be part of the European project was a major driver of political consensus in its successful transition to democracy after 1975.
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