Artifacts for "Living on a Diet: A Brief Study of the Daily Allowances of Spanish Public Workers"

<div> <div>Academic researchers from Spain are entitled to financial compensation to cover accommodation and meals when attending conferences.</div> <div>The amount of this compensation, known as <em>per diem</em> or daily allowance, varies with the destination country and is defined in an official table set by the government in 2002.</div> <div>This study examines the adequacy of these allowances by comparing them to current accommodation and meal costs, defining a score to find countries where researchers can attend conferences without incurring financial loss.</div> <div>Our results show that only 55 countries offer neutral or positive results, highlighting the need to update the official table to suit current cost of living conditions.</div> </div>