Socioeconomic Factors of Immigrants’ Location Choices. Evidence for the South of Europe

José María Martín Martín and Juan De Dios Jiménez Aguilera
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José María Martín Martín: Faculty of Law, Social Sciences and Humanities, Business Area, International University of La Rioja, Avenida de la Paz 137, Logroño 26006, Spain
Juan De Dios Jiménez Aguilera: Department of Applied Economics, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Granada, Paseo la Cartuja, 7, Granada 18011, Spain

Social Sciences, 2017, vol. 6, issue 2, 1-14

Abstract: This paper takes as a reference, empirical analyses conducted in northern European countries and the United States which associate socioeconomic factors to the location patterns of immigrants. It has been suggested that the socioeconomic context of southern Europe could impact immigrants’ location choices. We analyze data on the location of immigrants in municipalities of the Andalusian region in southern Spain with respect to the factors that most influence immigrants’ location preferences as discussed in the literature: a pre-existing immigrant community, economic dynamism, population size and other scarcely investigated factors such as the territorial characteristics of the municipality and its productive structure. We conclude that immigrant location patterns in Andalusia are very similar to those found in geographical areas outside Spain, with the exception of specific characteristics related to the social and labor model of the region.

Keywords: immigrant flows; location factors; socioeconomic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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