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- González, Mario V.
(Trinity University)
- Iglesias, Carlos
(Universidad de Alcalá)
Abstract
The study of immigrants’ adaptation to host countries is a complex task that requires the consideration of multiple sociological issues encapsulated in the concept of acculturation. In the face of this, the decision to own a home involves a long-term perspective, associated with a wide array of determinants expressing the degree of success of immigration projects. Thus, this article uses homeownership in the host country to analyze the acculturation process of immigrants in Spain. We conclude that being foreign-born significantly reduces the likelihood of being a homeowner. Moreover, this feature represents the key variable explaining the significantly low homeownership rate exhibited among immigrants compared to natives in Spain. We argue that acculturation processes, when using the homeownership approach, rely on information-acquisition processes, which in turn present distinct patterns by immigrants’ region-of-origin.// El estudio de la adaptación de los inmigrantes al país de destino es una tarea compleja, que exige considerar multitud de aspectos expresados desde la perspectiva socioeconómica en el concepto de aculturación. Frente a esto, la tenencia de vivienda en propiedad supone decisiones a largo plazo, vinculadas con un amplio conjunto de factores que para los inmigrantes expresan el éxito de sus proyectos de inmigración. Por ello, el artículo analiza los procesos de aculturación de los inmigrantes residentes en España mediante el estudio de sus decisiones de tenencia de vivienda en propiedad. Se concluye que ser extranjero reduce notablemente la probabilidad de ser propietario, siendo la variable central que explica las menores tasas de propiedad de este grupo de personas en comparación con los españoles nativos. Los procesos de aculturación de los inmigrantes, aproximados de esta forma, se basarían en los procesos de adquisición de información, que presentarían diferencias relevantes en función de la etnia a la que pertenecen
Suggested Citation
González, Mario V. & Iglesias, Carlos, 2015.
"Decisiones de tenencia de vivienda y aculturación de la población extranjera residente en España,"
El Trimestre Económico, Fondo de Cultura Económica, vol. 0(325), pages .183-209, enero-mar.
Handle:
RePEc:elt:journl:v:82:y:2015:i:325:p:183-209
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.20430/ete.v82i325.144
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Keywords
inmigración;
aculturación;
vivienda en propiedad;
identidad étnica;
All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- R21 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Household Analysis - - - Housing Demand
- J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- C25 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Discrete Regression and Qualitative Choice Models; Discrete Regressors; Proportions; Probabilities
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