Salary levels among considerations for boosting international recruitment and competitiveness of public research jobs
The Spanish government has been advised by its team of experts on the Covid-19 pandemic and its impacts to consider salaries in neighbouring countries when deciding how much to pay publicly funded researchers.
The ministry of science announced on 5 March that it had been advised it should carry out a comparative study and peg salaries “in relation to those offered in neighbouring countries, which are direct competitors for talent”.