170301 20260410165451.0 doi 10.1093/oxrep/graf037 sideral 148852 ART-2025-148852 eng Amuedo-Dorantes, Catalina Elderly care in Spain: regional inequities and the growing role of foreign-born workers 2025 Spain’s ageing population has driven significant changes in the provision of elderly care services over the past 25 years. In this paper, we explore those shifts, focusing on regional disparities in four types of social services for the elderly: telecare, in-home care, daycare centres, and nursing homes. To that end, we gather annual data at the regional level compiled by the Institute for the Elderly and Social Services of Spain for the period 1998–2022. Using a clustering algorithm, we uncover significant inequities, with distinct geographical patterns depending on the type of social service. Southern regions generally surpass northern counterparts in telecare and in-home care, while coastal areas have lower nursing home coverage, particularly affecting women and those aged 80 and above. Additionally, a growing presence of foreign-born working-age women correlates with lower telecare and in-home care coverage, highlighting immigrants’ critical role in meeting care demands. Our findings underscore the need for targeted policy interventions to promote equitable access to elderly care services across Spain. Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S32-23R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/MICINN/PID2023-147822NB-I00 info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.es info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Marcén, Miriam Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-1944-4790 Morales, Marina Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-9957-6613 4000 415 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Análisis Económico Área Fund. Análisis Económico 41, 3-4 (2025), 855-886 Oxf. rev. econ. policy OXFORD REVIEW OF ECONOMIC POLICY 0266-903X 3454393 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170301/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2240244 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/170301/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:170301 articulos driver 2026-04-10-13:46:09 ARTICLE