one is related to positive gains in the host country in that migration is a source of invaluablehuman resources and contributes to increase the production of goods and services. The other side hasto do with the impact of immigrants on the native labour market especially on wages and employmentconditions. Both effects will have an influence on the native income distribution.The case of Spain is unique in the context of Europe. Spain has been a traditional emigrationcountry with a long history of emigration. This tradition has changed in recent years and now Spainhas become an important country for immigration such as Germany or the USA. The immigrationprocess in Spain has been strongly concentrated especially in recent years. This large flow of immigrants,(over 5 millions in less than 15 years) has caused a strong impact on several political, social,demographic and economic aspects in Spain. One of the most important reasons for immigration intoSpain is connected to the good evolution of the Spanish economy during the long period 1995-2007and a similar evolution of the Labour Market.The impact of immigration flows is large, complex and shows different perspectives for theSpanish society and economy. In this paper we will consider some impacts of migration on the Spanisheconomy and the Spanish Labour Market. Having this objective in mind the paper is organized as follows.After this introduction, in section 2 we present some selected facts of the importance ofmigration flows into Spain as compared to other European countries. In section 3, we will estimate theimpact of migration on Spain’s GDP over the last decade using a simple labour market model. In section4 we will focus on the impact of immigration on the structure of the Spanish labour supply andespecially on the participation of women in the Labour Market, which is one of the most outstandingevents having taken place in the last decade. The paper finishes with some conclusions.
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