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Internal Migration Patterns of Natives and Foreigners in Spain Bunea, Daniela
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 9 (2012): Special Issue
Publisher : Richtmann Publishing

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As a consequence of strong international immigration, Spanish statistical data offer the possibility to distinguish betweenpatterns of migration for both natives and foreigners. The objective of this paper is to determine the difference in patterns between thesetwo categories as regards their migration within Spanish borders. The period of analysis is mainly 2003-2010, the level of aggregation isNUTS 3 (provincial) and the method of research is a quantitative comparative analysis. The study is divided in the following areas ofinterest: intra and inter-provincial flows; gross and net migration; migration by sex, by age, by source/destination size, and by nationality.Also, I try to find out if migrants are more attracted by leading provinces and if the hypothesis of social networking for foreign-bornmigrants is confirmed. The main results reveal: a greater propensity of foreign-born migrants to make long-distance movements; grossmigration rates of foreigners much higher than natives´; both natives and foreigners (more) are attracted by prosperous provinces;foreign out-migrants are less willing to leave provinces with high concentration of foreign-born population while foreign in-migrants prefersuch provinces, i.e. social networking is true; foreign males migrate more than foreign females while the difference between Spanishsexes is rather inexistent; foreigners and Spaniards have also different age propensities to migration, although with some similarities;Spaniards and foreigners also differ when referring to the size of the province they come/go from/to. And finally, the paper makes aranking of migration by groups of nationality.
Trends in Internal Migration in Romania and Spain: How Different Are They? Bunea, Daniela
Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences Vol. 3 No. 6 (2012): Special Issue
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Internal migration is important from two perspectives: first, which are its motivations and, secondly, which are itsconsequences on regional economic growth. Theoretically, between internal migration and economic growth there is a bidirectionalrelationship. The purpose of this paper is to make a comparative study Romania-Spain in order to establish the main differencesbetween them and the reasons beyond differences. The choice for these two countries has its roots in the different timing of EUaccession and in their socio-economic heterogeneity. The research method is a quantitative comparative analysis using national andcounty/provincial data which takes account of inter and intra-regional streams, the evolution of migration (both absolute and relative), thepermanent or temporary existence of regional poles of attraction, the migration structure by sex and by age. Moreover, I will try toelucidate whether regional gaps in income and unemployment influence somewhat the decision to migrate using a dynamic econometricappraisal. The main results point out at a domination of intra-flows over inter-flows, an oscillatory evolution of migration, the existence ofreduced poles of attraction and a higher willingness of younger people to migrate in both Romania and Spain. Instead, the two countriesare different as regards the much higher propensity to migrate of Spanish residents. Also, women migrate more than men in Romaniawhile the contrary happens in Spain; also, the difference between sexes is greater in Romania. The System GMM estimations reveal thatin-migration rate exhibits state dependence and only GDP gaps motivate mobility in both countries.