A comparative analysis of the insertion of Latin American immigrants in the Spanish labor market in 2001

Authors

  • Elaine Meire Vilela Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
  • Cláudia Lima Ayer de Noronha Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2018.143903

Keywords:

Latin American immigrants, Social inequality, Spanish labor market, Socio-occupational insertion

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to conduct a comparative analysis of the socioeconomic situation of Latin American immigrants from Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, Peru, Venezuela and Brazil, who were incorporated into the labor market in Spain in 2001. The aim is to investigate whether there are differences in levels of employment, comparing the six Latin American groups, and which are in better or worse occupations in the Spanish labor market. We also intend to identify if these differences in labor insertion can be explained by the nationality of these workers, controlling the individual characteristics of these workers. To investigate these points, we selected the Ecuadorian, Colombian, Bolivian, Peruvian, Venezuelan and Brazilian foreigners, between 25 and 65 years old, in the Spanish Demographic Census. Regarding the analysis models, we estimated two models of logistic regression, to verify differences related to ethnic / national origin for the determination of employability and occupational insertion. If we keep the socioeconomic characteristics of the workers constant (gender, age, schooling, among other characteristics), we will verify the effect of the country of birth of the worker to explain the situation of the immigrant in the Spanish labor market.

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Author Biographies

  • Elaine Meire Vilela, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Professor associado do Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Doutorado em Ciências Humanas (Sociologia e Ciência Política) da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2008). O seu trabalho centra-se na migração internacional, na estratificação social e nas metodologias quantitativas e qualitativas, trabalhando principalmente nos seguintes temas: migração, etnia, mercado de trabalho e desigualdade social.

  • Cláudia Lima Ayer de Noronha, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

    Doutorado em Sociologia na Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (2018). Departamento de Sociologia da Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais. Os seus interesses de pesquisa incluem migração internacional, estratificação social e desigualdade social.

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Published

2018-08-28

How to Cite

Vilela, E. M., & Noronha, C. L. A. de. (2018). A comparative analysis of the insertion of Latin American immigrants in the Spanish labor market in 2001. Brazilian Journal of Latin American Studies, 17(32), 19-42. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1676-6288.prolam.2018.143903