Laboratory researching inequality in Spain

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Opportunity Lab

A research center dedicated to advancing our knowledge on the causes and consequences of social mobility and inequality in Spain using big data

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Lab objectives

Advancing research

Push forward the study of inequality and social mobility by leveraging big data and developing new methodologies

Informing public policy

Produce knowledge to inform policies that reduce inequality and promote social mobility in Spain and across Europe

Outreach and engagement

Share research findings with academic communities, public institutions, and broader public debates

Un Atlas de
Oportunidades2.0

The development and improvement of the original Opportunity Atlas has been key to deepening the analysis of the state of equality of opportunity in Spain. Thanks to this progress, the Lab’s first academic project has produced new findings that offer a more detailed and accurate picture of inequality and social mobility in the country.

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Institutions

The Spanish Opportunity Lab is the result of a unique collaboration between Opportunity Insights at Harvard, the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics, Future Policy Lab, and the Felipe González Foundation

Academic institutions

Think-tanks

Team

The Spanish Opportunity Lab, a unique research center in Europe, brings together the expertise of academics and public policy experts from various institutions to improve equality of opportunity in Spain and its many dimensions through the use of big data

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Proyects

Intergenerational Mobility in Spain: Geographic Analysis and Causal Neighborhood Effects

Utilizando datos administrativos de millones de familias, este artículo muestra una movilidad intergeneracional media-baja en España, con alta persistencia en la cima y deterioro reciente. Un aumento de 10 puntos percentil en la posición de los padres se asocia con un incremento de 2,74 puntos percentil en la de sus hijos en la edad adulta. La principal contribución metodológica es un modelo bayesiano jerárquico que ofrece estimaciones locales robustas. Con ellas, revelamos marcadas disparidades geográficas y que los efectos causales del barrio explican ~60% de la variación en movilidad ascendente.

Intergenerational Mobility in Spain SM 2025 (application,40 MB)