Migrations and the economy
Autor
Godenau, DirkFecha
2020Resumen
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.