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Volume 101, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 289-313

The integration of the immigrants in spain and its regions [La integración del colectivo inmigrante en las regiones españolas] (Article) (Open Access)

De Lizarrondo Artola A.M. , Rinken S. , Márquez G.M. , Godenau D.
  • a Gobierno de Navarra (Observatorio de la Realidad Social), Universidad Pública de Navarra, Spain
  • b Instituto de Estudios Sociales Avanzados (IESA-CSIC), Spain
  • c Universidad del País Vasco y Observatorio Vasco de Inmigración (Ikuspegi), Spain
  • d Universidad de La Laguna y Observatorio de la Inmigración de Tenerife (OBITen), Spain

Abstract

This paper presents an innovative measurement system regarding the integration of immigrants in Spain and its regions. Complementing in various ways the EU-sponsored Declaration of Zaragoza, the approach proposed here includes 24 indicators grouped into four areas: employment, social and intergroup relations, individual welfare, and citizenship. Based on a wide range of secondary sources, it is the first measurement system of immigrant integration that achieves comprehensive statistical coverage at the infra-national level. Its indicators allow for longitudinal measurement; by comparing 2007 and 2011 data, the impact of the ongoing economic crisis’ initial years on the integration of immigrants is discerned. The results evidence some ambivalence: immigrants experience increasing disadvantages in the domains of employment and welfare compared with Spaniards; in contrast, in the areas of citizenship and social relations, integration has evolved favorably even in the context of economic recession. Multifaceted integration processes and territorial disparities originate three separate regional profiles. © 2016, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. All rights reserved.

Author Keywords

Cultural diversity Integration Indicators Economic crisis Social cohesion Immigration welfare

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Link
https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85020687123&doi=10.5565%2frev%2fpapers.2257&partnerID=40&md5=796c472418f1eb22f35f9db263d6e871
DOI: 10.5565/rev/papers.2257
ISSN: 02102862
Original Language: Spanish