This paper explores for the first time the relationship between immigration and poverty in Spain. Using the EU Statistics on Income and Living Conditions 2006, we find that both moderate and severe poverty are more acute among migrants than among nationals and social transfers play no...

The aim of this paper is to present an overall assessment of immigration in Spain. In order to do so, we analyse the evolution and composition of migration flows from and to Spain during the last decades. In addition, we explore in detail the demographic and socio-economic characteristics of...

This article presents for the first time a comparative study of the cost of disability for households in 31 European countries. In order to do so, we exploit the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Conditions, its special module on housing conditions for 2007 and 2012 and employ two...