Between two Economic Crises. Strategies of Romanians in the Spanish Labour Market

  • Rafael Viruela Martínez Uiversitat de València
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n3.41384
Keywords: Spain, Romanian immigration, work trajectories, economic crisis, anti-crisis strategies

Abstract

The global financial and economic crisis has hit the Spanish labour market particularly hard and has ended the working lives of a large number of immigrants who have suddenly been pushed back into the insecurity that characterized their first years in Spain. The aim of this paper is to analyse the patterns of entry of Romanians into the Spanish labour market, their careers and the strategies that they are adopting in the present circumstances. Some have left, but most are weathering the crisis here. The alternative to staying or leaving is partial return. The results of this study are based on fifty interviews with Romanians, which took place in Spain in the first quarter of 2011 and in a town in Romania in April of that year. Qualitative information is complemented by relevant economic data provided by the National Institute of Statistics and the Ministry of Employment and Social Security.

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Published
2013-12-20
How to Cite
Viruela Martínez R. (2013). Between two Economic Crises. Strategies of Romanians in the Spanish Labour Market. Política y Sociedad, 50(3), 981-1008. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_POSO.2013.v50.n3.41384
Issue
Vol. 50 No. 3 (2013): Cuerpos abyectos y violencias: maricas y homosexuales, homofobia y estigmas
Section
Miscelaneus

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