Foreign Resident Population In Spain. How many are there and where did they come from? 1940-2020

In countries such as Spain, which is facing a serious process of population aging as a result of the low birth rate and increasingly higher life expectancy, immigration is a very important factor for the permanence of the Welfare State. The foreign population has been extensively studied in its labo...

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Main Author: Cortés Rodríguez, Susana
Format: Online
Language:spa
Published: Facultad de Ciencias Económicas. Instituto de Economía y Finanzas 2024
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Online Access:https://revistas.unc.edu.ar/index.php/acteconomica/article/view/45528
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Summary:In countries such as Spain, which is facing a serious process of population aging as a result of the low birth rate and increasingly higher life expectancy, immigration is a very important factor for the permanence of the Welfare State. The foreign population has been extensively studied in its labor, demographic and housing aspects, so this article will address the subject with respect to its quantitative analysis over time, more than 80 years, insisting basically on its number and nationality, and with the common characteristic of being a resident foreign population. We will see the distribution by continents and how the different nationalities have been changing over the years, increasing some at certain economic and social moments and replacing other nationalities for various reasons.