IMMIGRANTS IN SPAIN: SKILLS ACQUISITION AND DEVELOPMENT. A REGIONAL STUDY

Ignacio Díaz-Emparanza () and Alexandra M. Espinosa ()

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Abstract: The consequences of international migration for development in countries of origin and destination remain hotly debated. The immigration flows could be considered an appropriate mechanism to contribute to the de- velopment of origin countries if origin countries recognize the qualifications of immigrants or contribute to the acquisition of skills. Correspondence analysis is used to determine the relation between education level, job position and legal situation of immigrants in Spain. The results indicate that immigrants are occupying non skilled tasks, even in the case of well educated immigrants. Furthermore, these immigrants have no options to increase their skills nor by experience (in the job) neither by their self (attending a school), if the immigration police only authorizes very short migration.

Keywords: Migration; Skills; Correspondence Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: J31 J61 C10 C31 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
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Date: 2001-11-15, Revised 2002-09-24
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Working Paper: Immigrants in Spain: skills acquisition and development. A regional study (2002)
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