Thanks to @socialpolicyblog.bsky.social for allowing me to share and disseminate this article from my PhD. If you're interested on the politics fo welfare state reform in Spain (and more specifically on minimum income), this post is for you! You'll find the article in open access

Social Policy Blog@socialpolicyblog.bsky.social · 5mo ago

New on the Social Policy Blog: "The Politics of Minimum Income Reform in Spain: Explaining an Unexpected and Consensus-Based Path Departure" by Llorenç Soler-Buades. socialpolicyblog.co.uk/2026/03/17/t...

Sobra evidencia: la cacareada inserción y activación de beneficiarios de rentas mínimas nunca funcionará a la escala necesaria. Solo hay dos modos de erradicar la pobreza: a) dar directamente buenos empleos con salarios suficientes; b) prestaciones suficientes y de fácil acceso. Lo demás son gaitas.

Civio@civio.es · 6mo ago

¿Te suena el Sello de Inclusión Social? En 2022, el @inclusion.gob.es presentó este distintivo a bombo y nota de prensa para reconocer a entidades que abran oportunidades a personas que cobran el Ingreso Mínimo Vital. ¿La promesa? Ampliar el impacto social del IMV. Tres años después...

New publication in the Journal of Public Policy!🚨 ⚖️It shows how feminist advocacy pushed for a reform entitling mothers and fathers to equal parental leave in Spain. 👉This also unveils that descriptive representation matters because it can open access for feminist groups. doi.org/10.1017/S014...

Very pleased to share that the final article from my PhD journey has found a home at the @jeppjournal.bsky.social! This is for you if you’re interested in political cleavages & social policy change Free copies in the following link www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @eui-sps.bsky.social

A two-dimensional conflict? The new politics of minimum income reform in Southern Europe

This article theorises and empirically traces how the emergence of a value-based cleavage has reshaped the politics of minimum income reform in Southern Europe. It argues that the rise of the liber...

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¿Pero cómo que "dispositivo para evitar enfrentamientos" con una organización cuyo propósito y práctica declaradas y evidentes son agredir a los demás? ¿Pero cómo es que no son ilegales y ya? Las democracias liberales no pueden tolerar la intolerancia o morirán. www.elperiodico.com/es/politica/...

Los neonazis de Núcleo Nacional desembarcan en Barcelona mientras los antifascistas llaman a boicotear su acto

Los Mossos preparan un dispositivo especial para impedir enfrentamientos entre ambas facciones

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Publication alert!🚨 My chapter with @margaleon.bsky.social in the Handbook of Social Care Policy is out! We review the partisan politics of family policy in Sweden, Germany & Spain and classify research into demand (electoral) and supply (functional/ideational). 🧵 www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...

Why do rural dwellers show lower support for green policies? Is it because they prioritise the environment less over material goals, or because they perceive higher costs of green policies? Check out our new article! @environmentalpol.bsky.social @evaanduiza.bsky.social tuit.cat/OP6Ph

The losers of ecological transitions: rural and urban support for green policies in Spain

Green policies can be contentious, with opposition often highlighting rural-urban divides. In this article we measure and analyse the perceptions of harm associated with several green policies (ren...

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Less than 10 days left to submit your abstract for the 3rd COSPPO edition: a workshop on comparative social policy designed for early-career researchers!

Pedro Manuel Bellón@pedromaaa.bsky.social · 9mo ago

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the 3rd Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (COSPPO) is now open. It will take place on 23–24 April 2026 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is organised by @igopbcn.bsky.social Form: acortar.link/6A6JjZ

We are pleased to announce that the Call for Abstracts for the 3rd Early Career Workshop on Comparative Social and Public Policy (COSPPO) is now open. It will take place on 23–24 April 2026 at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and is organised by @igopbcn.bsky.social Form: acortar.link/6A6JjZ

🆕📢 New publication alert! Our article is now out in Social Policy & Administration. W/Dani M. Marinova 🌐Paternity leave, motherhood penalty and Spanish reform onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Paternity Leave and the Motherhood Penalty: How Within‐Couple Inequality–Conditions Policy Impact

Motherhood-related labour market penalties remain a major driver of the gender employment gap. Father-specific paternity leave is often promoted as a policy tool to support maternal employment, yet e...

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Highly recommend this excellent contribution to welfare politics by @ewanrobo.bsky.social! A timely reminder that elites and political organisations often decide on social policy — and rights — regardless of public opinion.

Political Studies@polstudies.bsky.social · last yr.

Do ideas or political demand drive welfare reform? @ewanrobo.bsky.social shows how ideational power, not voter pressure, shaped in-work benefits in the UK and France. Read OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/EGt2uCw @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social @sagepub.com #polsky #polsci

El Gobierno catalán anuncia préstamos a jóvenes para pagar la entrada de su primera vivienda (incentivar la demanda). Cuando hicieron una política similar en Reino Unido (help-to-buy): ❌Aumentaron 8% precios. ❌No aumentó la oferta. ❌Los promotores se apropiaron de toda la ayuda.

A meta-analysis of 115 studies shows that unconditional cash transfers have positive impacts on a range of key economic and social outcomes, including consumption, income, labour supply, and child health and education. voxdev.org/topic/social...

What broad lessons have we learned from 115 studies on unconditional cash transfers?

A meta-analysis of 115 studies shows that unconditional cash transfers have positive impacts on a range of key economic and social outcomes, including consumption, income, labour supply, and child hea...

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⏰ 📕 New publication out with Francisco Ferraioli in Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy What makes national-level social policy reforms so hard to deliver in decentralized welfare systems? Find out here, it's open access! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is an important paper showing how access to safety net benefits is directly related to mortality. Cuts to services, even in the guise of work requirements, will lead to unnecessary deaths!

Adrianna McIntyre@adrianna.bsky.social · last yr.

Talk about some timely research. Here's the punchline: "Loss of drug subsidies after Medicaid disenrollment was associated with higher mortality among low-income Medicare beneficiaries." www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Un gran pèrdua pel mallorquinisme polític i l'esquerra en general. En pau descansis, Pere.

@jmallorcanova.bsky.social · last yr.

Des de Mallorca Nova lamentam la pèrdua de Pere Sampol, persona clau per la història del nostre país. El teu compromís i la teva lluita deixen una empremta inesborrable.

Some good news: my second thesis article is out in Journal of Social Policy! 🎉 @socialpolicyuk.bsky.social I explore how Spain adopted a minimum income scheme in 2020 - despite polarized politics. The twist? (Left) parties, unions, and territorial politics matter. It's open access:

Des de la @uab.cat em publiquen aquest article en format divulgatiu, on explico els principals resultats de l'estudi i on hi faig una petita reflexió sobre les polítiques de renda mínima i la condicionalitat laboral. Podeu trobar el resum aquí: ddd.uab.cat/record/310257

Sense obligacions no hi ha prestacions?

Les polítiques d'activació pretenen incrementar l'ocupabilitat dels perceptors de rendes mínimes garantides, persones en situació de pobresa o exclusió social

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Llorenç Soler-Buades@solerbuades.bsky.social · 2y ago

New on @bsky.app! I'm here mainly to share and discover research. Recently, I published a paper in Social Policy & Administration. I measure & interpret how minimum income schemes have evolved in the EU over time, testing the hypothesis of a 'workfare shift' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

“Crecemos porque somos más, no porque vivamos o trabajemos mejor.” Sobre creixememt econòmic i desigualtat social:

Marga León@margaleon.bsky.social · last yr.

La España que crece, la brecha que no se cierra - elpais.com/opinion/2025...

Entrevista molt interessant amb @josenoguerauab.bsky.social Tan important és la materialitat d’una herència universal (un pagament incondicional al arribar a ser adult) com la forma de finançar-la: una redistribució general (parcial) de les herències. naciodigital.cat/societat/jos...

José A. Noguera: «Un impost de successions més just podria finançar una herència universal»

El sociòleg especialitzat en el disseny de polítiques socials i fiscalitat assenyala que Catalunya podria apujar molt més les exigències tributàries: "Hi ha països on s'ha reduït la taxa de pobresa d'...

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New article: Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi-Level Maze? In Social Policy & Administration. I argue that greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. (OPEN ACCESS) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Navigating Digital Welfare: A Multi‐Level Maze?

Greater conceptual and empirical engagement with welfare state complexity is needed in studies of digital welfare. This article explores how existing concepts such as welfare systems, subsidiarisatio...

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Debatim moltíssim sobre quines polítiques públiques hem de fer i quines no. Sobre qui mereix ajudes i qui no. Però les ajudes més grans en aquest país les reben les persones amb més renda. Això, priomordial, sobre la necessitat d'una reforma fiscal que ens pugui permetre viure millor:

David Palomera 🇵🇸🇺🇦@davidpalomera.bsky.social · last yr.

Resultats preliminars d'una investigació amb @alessandrapafu.bsky.social i @espaizerovuit.bsky.social Les rendes del capital es concentren en el 0,01% més ric. No obstant la seva baixa tributació fa que l'IRPF no sigui progressiu. És hora de corregir-ho. @elmondiari.bsky.social

Resultats preliminars d'una investigació amb @alessandrapafu.bsky.social i @espaizerovuit.bsky.social Les rendes del capital es concentren en el 0,01% més ric. No obstant la seva baixa tributació fa que l'IRPF no sigui progressiu. És hora de corregir-ho. @elmondiari.bsky.social

Rendes del capital, motor de desigualtat

"Promoure una distribució més equitativa i una fiscalitat justa no només és un imperatiu ètic, sinó també una

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Happy to see our paper on how territorial politics shapes gender-friendly legislation (2022) featured in this awesome Collection on Gender & Sexuality in Southern Europe! 🎉 Check out the entire collection on this increasingly relevant research agenda:

South European Society & Politics @sespjournal.bsky.social · last yr.

📚 In our Collection on #Gender and #Sexuality Morality Policy Coalitions in Parliamentary Votes: The Interaction of the Church-State Conflict and Territorial Politics #FreeAccess article by M. León, @manuel-alvarinho.bsky.social & @solerbuades.bsky.social 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📢Difusión pls! 🧑‍🎓Investigación UAB Si eres padre (♂️) de niños menores de 5 años, queremos conocer tu experiencia sobre conciliación laboral y familiar. 🗓️ 1 hora | 🌐 Virtual | 🤝 Voluntario 💬 Grupos de discusión 👉 Inscríbete: forms.office.com/e/gNUEF0aFRC ¡Gracias! 🙌

I wonder if we'll hear more about young female voters or young male voters.

Reto Mitteregger@indubioproreto.bsky.social · last yr.

Voilà:

Muy de acuerdo con lo que aquí dice @unaisordo.bsky.social

Laura Olías@lauraolias.bsky.social · last yr.

Unai Sordo: “Hay riesgo de caer en la trampa antimpuestos de la derecha” www.eldiario.es/128_b7f359?u... Entrevista al secretario general de @ccoo.bsky.social

🚨 #Data alert 📣 We just released #ParlLawSpeech – full texts of more than 40k bills, 28k laws, and 3 mio. parliamentary speeches from 7 countries (AT, CZ, DE, DK, ES, HR, HU) and the EU! If you study democracy with #TextAsData / #NLP methods, this is for you! A short 🧵 (1/3) #PoliSkyData #polisky

Publication alert! 🚨 Care at the Crossroads: How Policy Feedback Shaped Competing Feminist Advocacy for Parental Leave Reform in Spain? I promise a fascinating thread on the politics of gender and work in Spain. Don't miss it! 🧵 1/9 doi.org/10.1111/polp...

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Growing attention to “degenderization” reforms that aim to encourage men's caregiving roles may generate opposition from groups advocating to prioritize mothers' right to care. This article seeks to ...

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EL PAÍS elpais.com/economia/202...

El 1% más rico paga menos impuestos sobre su renta que los contribuyentes más pobres

Los tributos indirectos como el IVA y las rentas de la inversión en el IRPF provocan grandes distorsiones en el sistema fiscal y socavan el principio de progresividad

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