January 18th 2007

The three UPF professors are affiliated with the recent initiative "INSIDE" ("Investigaciones sobre inmigración y desarrollo), launched by the Institute for Economic Analysis (IAE, CSIC) and whose aim is to promote research in the field of immigration economics, with a particular emphasis on contributions relevant for the Spanish case (www.inside.org.es).

Ghazala Azmat and Libertad González received funding for their project "The Effects of the Spanish Tax Credit for Mothers on the Labor Supply and Fertility of Immigrants". This project's goal is to evaluate the effects of the 2003 reform in the Spanish income tax on fertility and female participation, with a focus on the differential effect on native versus immigrant women.

The project by Libertad González and Francesc Ortega, "How Have Spanish Regions Adjusted to Recent Immigration?", seeks to understand how the Spanish economy has adjusted to recent immigration flows, focusing on labor market effects, sectoral composition and technology adoption.

The two projects were presented at the first INSIDE Workshop, which tookplace at the Institute for Economic Analysis, CSIC, on January 12, 2007. The workshop gathered together some of the leading scholars in the analysis of the economic causes and consequences of immigration in Spain. The keynote seminar was given by Gianmarco Ottaviano, from the University of Bologna.