A spatial approach to the impact of immigration on wages: evidence from Spain

Gutiérrez‐Portilla, María; Villaverde, José; Maza, Adolfo; Hierro, María

doi:10.1080/00343404.2018.1424994

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“…Third, this paper is unique in that, along with average effects, it also offers individual direct and indirect (spillover) effects for each region/pair of regions. To the best of our knowledge, there are just two papers that, although for other issues and not so thoroughly because they only pay attention to specific variables (Gutiérrez‐Portilla, Maza, & Villaverde, 2019c; Gutiérrez‐Portilla, Villaverde, Maza, & Hierro, 2018), delve into the components of the average effects. This contribution is, in our view, quite important, as it allows the researcher to better understand the role of FDI drivers.…”

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On the drivers of UK direct investment in the Spanish regions: A spatial Durbin approach

2020

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This paper empirically examines the key factors driving UK direct investment in the Spanish regions over the period 2000–2016 and, consequently, tries to unveil its main motivation. Applying a spatial Durbin panel model to capture spatial linkages, the results point to the existence of complementarity between the FDI received by a region and that of the remaining ones. This outcome, along with a positive and statistically significant spillover effect of market potential, reveals that complex‐vertical FDI motivation with agglomeration economies prevails among UK MNEs investing in Spain. Additionally, our findings unveil the role played by some other FDI drivers, such as wages and infrastructure. Furthermore, the paper is unique in decomposing the average direct and spillover effects by region and pairs of regions, so that remarkable differences can be identified. This breakdown has strong significance from a policy perspective since it can guide regional policy makers. In short, our findings point out to the fact that FDI policy should be jointly designed by those regions presenting strong bilateral spillover effects. Thus, greater cooperation among policy makers would be welcome.

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2020

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“…According to Palomares-Linares and van Ham (2018, in this issue), in a period of recession, while higher unemployment levels do not motivate greater residential mobility, housing tenure does have a greater impact on this. This means that governments should not only approach labour markets by developing employment policies (Gutiérrez-Portilla et al, 2018, in this issue, conclude a slightly negative effect on salaries due to an increase in immigration) but also housing (promoting rental instead of homeownership) and transport (increasing accessibility, along with better and more efficient systems; Guirao et al, 2018, in this issue; Moya-Gómez & Geurs, 2018, in this issue). Finally, it is also important for governments to encourage a balance between job availability and the density of the immigrant population and to guarantee their effective integration within the host country community.…”

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Mobility, housing and labour markets in times of economic crises

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2020

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This special issue addresses the effects of the most recent financial and economic crisis (starting in 2007) on mobility, housing and labour markets, in order to learn some lessons for the future that would enable regions to mitigate the effects of a recession and speed recovery. These empirically based papers cover various different European studies for different regional contexts and scales of analysis (from local to national/international). Of special concern are the Southern European countries, especially badly hit by the economic crisis due to structural problems, labour market conditions and social inequalities.

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“…Labour skills are measured using the "cell methodology", which consists of defining homogeneous fragments and assuming that labour competition only exists within these cells and not between them (Iglesias and Llorente, 2017:160). These fears have not been confirmed: the empirical contrast ten ds to yield results that indicate a low degree of labour competition between nationals and immigrants, and this is also the case for measurements taken in Spain (Gutiérrez-Portilla et al, 2020). For the Canary Islands, no estimates of this type are available, but we can assume that the situation is not substantially different from that in Spain as a whole: much of the employability of immigrants is complementary to the availability of nationals, and this employability is relied upon at times of strong growth in labour demand, which is the main driver behind the growth of migratory balances.…”

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Migration and the economy

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2020

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Economic reasons are among the basic explanatory factors of migration, whether international or internally within a country. In turn, migratory movements have effects on the economy in terms of economic growth in general, but also in the different markets (work, housing, consumer goods, etc.) and public services (education, health, social services, etc.). The purpose of this document is to offer an overview of these interactions between migration and the economy in the case of the Canary Islands. To do this, certain conceptual clarifications will be made initially involving the mutual determination of both processes, before later providing specifics with evidence on the Canarian case for the main issues considered: the economic reasons for migration, and its impact on economic growth, the labour market and the living conditions of the immigrant population. The final section alludes to the importance of the institutional framework that regulates these relations between migration and the economy, which are far from being interpretable as a mechanical relationship and isolated from the political sphere.

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A spatial approach to the impact of immigration on wages: evidence from Spain

Abstract: Notes:The results have been obtained using the exponential distance matrix. The cells of the main diagonal are shaded. Source: INE and own elaboration.

Cited by 9 publications

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On the drivers of UK direct investment in the Spanish regions: A spatial Durbin approach

On the drivers of UK direct investment in the Spanish regions: A spatial Durbin approach

Mobility, housing and labour markets in times of economic crises

Migration and the economy

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