The determinants of international immigration in Spain

Iván Moreno Torres () and Guillem López Casasnovas
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Iván Moreno Torres: Universitat Pompeu Fabra

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2006, issue 9, 23-46

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.

Keywords: International migration; economic immigration; Spain (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C23 F22 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006
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