Rationale Drawing on the Spanish Survey of Household Finances (EFF), this article analyses the relationship between the losses of employment or reductions in labour income caused by COVID-19 and the Spanish population’s financial position, uncertainty and life satisfaction. Takeaways •...

La Encuesta Financiera de las Familias 2020 (EFF2020) proporciona información detallada sobre la renta, los activos, las deudas y los gastos de los hogares españoles referida a finales de 2020. Dada la falta de fuentes estadísticas alternativas que proporcionen información sobre estas...

Motivación A partir de la Encuesta Financiera de las Familias (EFF), este artículo analiza la relación entre las pérdidas de empleo o caídas en los ingresos laborales provocadas por el COVID-19 y la situación financiera, la incertidumbre y la satisfacción con la vida de la población...

The article quantifies the contributions made by different household groups to the change in the aggregate household saving rate in Spain between 2007 and 2016. Against the backdrop of the last crisis – heightened uncertainty and significant labour market deterioration – the findings show...

Air pollution is an increasing cause of concern among the scientific community, policymakers and the general public. This interest has led to a sharp increase in the number of scientific papers on air pollution. This paper provides a summary of the most prominent recent economic literature on...

In recent years, the banking system has been going through an intensive process of digitalisation that has affected, inter alia, the way in which citizens relate to financial entities. Even though this process brings benefits to society in the medium and long run, its short term effects depend,...

RationaleThis article analyses what impact the increase in permanent contracts observed over the course of 2022 might have had on household spending.Takeaways•In 2019, workers on permanent contracts devoted 81% (on average) of their household income tospending, compared with 72% for those on...