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The determinants of international immigration in Spain

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  • Moreno Torres, Iván

    (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)

  • López Casasnovas, Guillem

Abstract

This paper studies the main factors of economic immigration to Spain between 1994 and 2004. From the main theories of international migration movements, a panel data with information on fifteen countries less developed than Spain is analysed. Our results show that the stock of immigrants of the same country already living in Spain (network effect), the poverty level and the degree of urbanization of the country, differences in the unemployment rates, geographical distance and cultural affinities are determining factors of the Spanish international immigration.

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  • Moreno Torres, Iván & López Casasnovas, Guillem, 2006. "The determinants of international immigration in Spain," INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, Asociación Española de Ciencia Regional, issue 9, pages 23-46.
    • Handle: RePEc:ris:invreg:0143
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    Keywords

    International migration; economic immigration; Spain;
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    JEL classification:

    • C23 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - Models with Panel Data; Spatio-temporal Models
    • F22 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - International Migration
    • J61 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Mobility, Unemployment, Vacancies, and Immigrant Workers - - - Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
    • O15 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Economic Development - - - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration

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