What drives migration moves to urban areas in Spain? Evidence from the Great Recession

Melguizo, Celia; Royuela, Vicente

doi:10.1080/00343404.2020.1747606

Cited by 12 publications

(11 citation statements)

References 65 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…Besides, some pieces of work include the importance of the geographical situation of each province/region (Maza and Villaverde 2008;Mulhern and Watson 2009), as well as the treatment of multilateral resistance by using combinations of fixed effects (Maza et al 2019). Finally, the effect of the 2008 economic downturn (Gutiérrez-Portilla et al 2018;Hierro et al 2019;Melguizo and Royuela 2020) has also been recently examined.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach

Maza

2020

Economies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines the determinants of internal migration of working-age population among provinces in Spain in the aftermath of the economic crisis. It pays special attention to two features of migration that have not been sufficiently studied so far: (a) Distance, namely the differences between the determinants that are behind short-distance and long-distance movements; (b) Age, that is to say, whether young and adult migrants hold different motivations. To accomplish this aim, an extended model is used in which, apart from a variable capturing distance, both economic and non-economic (amenities) variables are included. Findings reveal that both economic factors (mainly unemployment and income) and amenities (measured by a climate condition variable) are more important for adult population and long-distance movements than for young population and movements between neighbouring provinces. Additional findings seem to convey the message that, as far as housing prices are concerned, they play a significant role when migration takes place between neighbouring provinces, but lose importance when all migrations are studied together. Moreover, the paper’s results do not cast, as expected, any doubt on the importance of distance regardless of the type of migration or age of the migrant.

show abstract

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach

Maza

2020

Economies

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…There are some studies that have focused on foreign‐born population concentration at local level but covering only one European country (e.g., Buch et al, 2013 for Germany; Détang‐Dessendre et al, 2016 for France; Golini & Bartolomeu, 2009 for Italy; Jayet et al, 2010; Jayet et al, 2016 for Belgium; Melguizo & Royuela, 2020, and Viñuela et al, 2019 for Spain). As far as we know, this is the first comparative analysis at local level that manages to compile data for three large European countries.…”

Section: Understanding the Determinants Of Immigrant Population Locationmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Jayet et al, 2016 for Belgium;Melguizo &Royuela, 2020, and Viñuela et al, 2019 for Spain). As far as we know, this is the first comparative analysis at local level that manages to compile data for three large European countries.…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Immigrants' spatial concentration: Region or locality attractiveness?

Viñuela

2021

Population Space and Place

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The spatial concentration of immigrants across and within European countries is highly heterogeneous, tending to reinforce the internal spatial disparities within EU Member States and regions. Although European regional data show that the highest levels of foreign‐born population concentration correspond to those NUTS2 regions that contain a large city or metropolitan area, there are other place‐based determinants that might explain their attractiveness to immigrants. Using a comprehensive database at NUTS2 (regional) and LAU2 (local) levels for three large European countries in terms of immigrant population (Italy, Spain, and France), comparable results show how the relevance of these determinants depends on the country under analysis and the spatial unit chosen. This provides challenges for the design of a common future European policy addressing the unresolved demographic issues. Understanding the main regional and local factors of attraction to foreign‐born population within countries is crucial to explain the present spatial concentration patterns and anticipate future migration flows, especially in a context where immigrants are the fastest‐growing population group in those European countries. Nevertheless, there might be a trade‐off between the foreign‐born population alleviating the territorial ageing and depopulation issues and the search for spatial justice.

show abstract

“…These results can be read in terms of population mobility. Recently, Melguizo and Royuela (2020) analyze population flows in Spanish cities during the Great Recession and find younger cohorts (people between eighteen and thirty years) to be more mobile and more responsive to employment opportunities and income differentials. Consequently, having high shares of young people in a crisis period is likely to imply a loss of labor force.…”

Section: Empirical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Inequality and Employment Resilience: An Analysis of Spanish Municipalities during the Great Recession

Geelhoedt

Royuela

Castells‐Quintana

2020

International Regional Science Review

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this paper we study an association almost neglected in the literature, that between income inequality and resilience. In particular, we explore the response of employment rates in the face of the crisis of 2008 and how income inequality levels may have affected this response. To do so, we construct two measures of employment resilience—resistance and recoverability—using data on total employment and self-employment for 995 Spanish municipalities during the Great Recession. Our results provide evidence of the threats that high levels of inequality pose for employment resilience, showing that average income is the most important mediating factor of this association.

show abstract

What drives migration moves to urban areas in Spain? Evidence from the Great Recession

Cited by 12 publications

References 65 publications

Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach

Internal Migration in Spain: A Complementary Approach

Immigrants' spatial concentration: Region or locality attractiveness?

Inequality and Employment Resilience: An Analysis of Spanish Municipalities during the Great Recession

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About