Together with a team of Spanish and international researchers coordinated by the Centro de Estudios Monetarios y Financieros, J-PAL Europe is partnering with the Spanish Ministry of Inclusion, Social Security, and Migration to launch a Policy Lab focused on bringing evidence to the core of social policymaking in Spain.

Spain has targeted part of its €69.5 billion Covid-19 NextGenerationEU Recovery plan toward strengthening economic and social resilience. This includes a broad range of pilot social inclusion programmes for the country’s most vulnerable households—ranging from job search support to online tutoring to childcare to targeting beneficiaries of a national minimum income scheme rolled out in 2020. Read More