its severe dual labor market, and an unprecedented immigration boom, Spain presents a quite unique experience to analyze … assimilation pattern for low- versus high-skilled immigrants in Spain: our key finding is that having a high-school degree does not …

Spain (some of them) move out of employment, the latter are considerably (and persistently) more attached to the labor force … assimilation pattern in Spain regardless of their nationality (with Romanians faring worse in terms of legal status but better in … terms of employment status at arrival). Among women, Moroccans and Ecuadorians follow a similar pattern that contrasts with …

This paper provides a preliminary analysis of the employment and occupational assimilation of recent immigrant waves to … Earnings Structure Survey, we find evidence of immigrant employment and occupational assimilation significantly varying by … gender, origin and educational attainment. For instance, EU15 immigrants do not display an employment or occupational gap …

role of regional employment opportunities in explaining the increasing immigrant flows of recent years despite the limited … employment opportunities. Our results indicate that immigrants choose to reside in regions with larger employment rates and where … indefinite employment. More importantly, insofar as the vast majority of immigrants locate in regions characterized by higher …

We review the different migration episodes in Spain since the beginning of the 20th century, with special emphasis on … increased employment opportunities in the services sector that has prompted moves (mainly within regions), mostly of skilled …

to gather individual-level data covering all relevant countries, namely the exodus of Ecuadorians to Spain and the US in …, even in an episode in which Ecuadorians mostly chose Spain where earnings were lower than in the US, and they contribute to …

Spain is a highly decentralised country, making the effective implementation of national reforms dependent on regional …

presents some evidence on spatial mobility patterns in Spain and other countries conditional on some personal, department, and … have spent some time abroad (brain circulation). Our main result is that Spain has more brain gain, more brain circulation …

This paper explores the impact of Spanish language proficiency on immigrant earnings in Spain using an instrumental …