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Social engagement of citizens
This study conducted as a survey in 2011 to a sample of 3,000 people of the Spanish population over 18 years old and living in households with telephones, has analyzed the social engagement of this population and concluded that 36% of Spanish people is socially engaged. This results are part of Sergi...
Increasing instability in labor trajectories
The Spanish labor market is characterized by its large number of temporary contracts. However, few investigations have analyzed the effect of this labor instability from a longitudinal perspective. UAB researchers have studied how this instability has a continued effect over time,...
Cultural similarities in a couple do not guarantee better offspring
A recent study seeked to prove which factors influence a person at the moment of choosing a partner, and in which way the compatibility between them affects the well-being of their children. Beginning with the industrialized society, and...
Eulália Pérez, head of the Spanish Foundation for Science and Technology (FECYT)
"Hierarchical discrimination is very subtle, it builds up little by little and keeps women at the lower levels of the scientific hierarchy"
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