IMF Staff Country Reports

Spain: Selected Issues

Publication Date:

November 13, 2020

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The COVID-19 pandemic will exacerbate Spain’s already large inclusion gap. Responding in the recovery with policies that support social objectives should be a key priority and calls for several structural changes. This paper summarizes some of the main drivers behind the social dispersion, which pre-dates the COVID-19 crisis, and policy options. The focus is on how to address the fragmented labor market, tackle pressures on rental-housing affordability, and lower the gender pay gap.1, 2

Series:

Country Report No. 2020/299

Subject:

Gender Gender inequality Labor Labor markets Minimum wages Women

Frequency:

regular