Modeling Immigration in Spain: Causes, Size and Consequences

This paper deals with the construction of a discrete dynamic population model addressed to estimate the expected size of the immigration population in a finite short period of time in Spain. By paying attention to a special subpopulation of interest, such as an irregular immigrant, unaccompanied min...

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Main Authors: Sheila Torres, Rafael Company, Lucas Jódar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-04-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/10/9/1371
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Summary:This paper deals with the construction of a discrete dynamic population model addressed to estimate the expected size of the immigration population in a finite short period of time in Spain. By paying attention to a special subpopulation of interest, such as an irregular immigrant, unaccompanied minor immigrant and regular immigrant, a vector discrete population model is built after the discussion and introduction of proper hypotheses linked to economy, host and country of origin regulation policies, political interest and others. The model allows us to study the change of the results under variation of the parameters.
ISSN:2227-7390