Jacobo Muñoz-Comet
Biographic Data
| ID | 694723 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jacobo Muñoz-Comet |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jacobo |
| FAMILY NAME | Muñoz-Comet |
| SIGNATURE | MUÑOZ-COMET J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8516-6517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 57 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Persistent disadvantage or assimilation? Second-generation immigrants in the Spanish labour market
The recent entry of the second generation into the Spanish labour market presents an opportunity to examine whether the enduring penalty faced by the first generation is a consequence of the migration process or persists across immigrant generations. Based on the approaches of classical and neo-assimilation, segmented assimilation, and segmentation theories, we use data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2021–2024) to compare the probability o…
Introduction. Migration as a multi-sited phenomenon: Selectivity, transnationalism, and multiple comparisons in a growing field
As migration and ethnic diversity become fundamental aspects of our societies, there is a need to expand the perspectives and methodologies used to study the drivers, the outcomes, and the experiences of migration. Migration is a multi-sited phenomenon in which both origin and destination(s) play a fundamental role. This perspective, though intuitively central to the understanding of migration, has not often been the focus of empirical sociologic…
Migrant Origin Children and Child Poverty in Spain: A Decomposition Analysis
Immigrants' Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain
This article analyzes changes in religiosity of the migrant-origin population in Spain. Using data from the Spanish General Social Survey (ESGE) from four different years between 2013 and 2023, we compare people with migrant background with respect to the native-born population in terms of religious affiliation (vs. being non-affiliated) and service attendance, and examine trends in immigrant religiosity over time. We study changes in two ways: F…
Migrant children and inequality in twenty‐first‐century Spain: The risk of living with no working adults in times of crisis
This article analyses the impact of the crises on the level of inequality between native and migrant origin children in twenty‐first‐century Spain. We use microdata from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2000–2022) to study the risk for migrant and native children of living in a household with no working adults. We hypothesize that the assimilation of the immigrant population—after more than two decades in the country—might have contributed to red…
La salida de inmigrantes en contextos de declive económico ¿Cambia la autoselección durante fases recesivas
En este artículo se estudian los flujos de salida de la población de origenextranjero residente en España. En concreto, se analizan las variacionesen la probabilidad de emigrar y de la intensidad de la autoselección endistintas fases del ciclo económico. Para ello se estiman modelos deanálisis de supervivencia a partir de datos de la Encuesta de PoblaciónActiva entre 2005 y 2010. Los resultados muestran, por una parte, unaumento de la probabilida…
La salida del desempleo de extranjeros y españoles. Efectos del contexto económico
En este artículo se estudian las transiciones hacia el empleo de laspersonas que se encuentran desocupadas y que han trabajadoanteriormente. Para ello se utilizan los fi cheros de fl ujos de la Encuestade Población Activa. Los análisis se han realizado para dos periodoseconómicos diferentes: de expansión (2005-2007) y de recesión(2008-2010). Los resultados muestran que durante los años de bonanzalos extranjeros procedentes de Latinoamérica y de E…
Does City Size Affect International Migrants and Native-Born Workers Differently? Exploring Inequalities in Unemployment and Occupations Across Spanish Cities
The 20th century witnessed populations increasingly concentrated in cities, and this global pattern has persisted into the 21st century. A principal reason for the urban concentration lies in the greater employment advantages offered by bigger metropolises. While this relationship is well documented, few studies have examined whether these benefits differ according to urban dwellers’ birth country. This article analyzes to what extent the migrant…
The occupational attainment and job security of immigrant children in Spain
Little is known about the labour market integration of immigrants who arrived in Spain at an early age. Using longitudinal data from the Spanish LFS (2008–2016) we find that other things being equal the occupational attainment of Latin American, Eastern European and African 1.5-generation immigrants is similar to that of natives both for men and women. First-generation immigrants, however, suffer a persistent disadvantage even after controlling f…
Migration Policies, Participation and the Political Construction of Migration in Spain
This article offers a state of the art of research on migration policies, participation and the political construction of immigration in Spain. It starts with an overview of migration policy, addressing the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the configuration of the political agenda. Secondly, it addresses the political participation of immigrants in Spain and their role as “new” voters. Finally, the appearance of the extreme right political p…
Design Matters Most: Changing Social Gaps in the Use of Fathers’ Leave in Spain
La influencia de la actividad física de los padres en la participación deportiva. ¿Cómo afecta a la desigualdad de clase social
Este artículo explora cómo la actividad deportiva de los padres modera el efecto de la clase social en la participación deportiva de los individuos. A partir de las cuatro Encuestas de Hábitos Deportivos en España realizadas por el CIS, los resultados confirman que pertenecer a una clase social más alta y tener padres físicamente activos (tanto en el presente como en el pasado) aumenta la probabilidad de hacer deporte. Sin embargo, los análisis r…
Trapped in Precariousness? Risks and Opportunities of Female Immigrants and Natives Transitioning from Part-Time Jobs in Spain
Using panel data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2008-2016), we explore the risks and opportunities of job transitions (to unemployment, inactivity, full-time work and promotion) of female immigrants and natives in part-time work. This is the first study examining the two possible functions of part-time employment (stepping stone or trap) for different types of women across different working time categories. It contributes to the ongoing di…
How much can you take with you? The role of education in explaining differences in the risk of unemployment between migrants and natives
This paper looks at how migrants with different skill profiles make use of their education in order to avoid unemployment compared with natives in three European countries with significantly different labour markets and policies for attracting highly skilled migration: France, Spain and the UK. The paper also explores the role played by the quality of the education migrants and natives received in accounting for these differentials, an explanatio…
Inmigrantes sucesivos en el mercado de trabajo español: Trayectorias migratorias y capital de movilidad
Este artículo aborda el análisis de la integración laboral de los inmigrantes sucesivos, aquellos que antes de llegar a España habían vivido en un país diferente al de su origen y que por lo tanto poseen una experiencia migratoria previa. En concreto, se estudia si este colectivo experimenta una integración laboral más exitosa en términos de cualificación ocupacional que los inmigrantes que residen en otro país por primera vez. Para abordar estas…
The Great Recession and the Immigrant-Native Gap in Job Loss in the Spanish Labour Market
This study examines whether the likelihood of job loss varies by immigrant status and economic periods. In addition, it asks how the immigrant–native differences in job loss change under volatile economic conditions in the highly segmented Spanish labour market. Our study takes advantage of the current economic crisis to test several hypotheses that draw upon detailed longitudinal data from a sample of working males aged 16–64 years from the Span…
Potential Work Experience as Protection against Unemployment: Does it bring Equal Benefit to Immigrants and Native Workers
This article studies the beneficial return from potential work experience in preventing job loss, and seeks to explain whether its capacity for protection is different for immigrants compared with native workers. Logistic regression models are calculated from panel data of the Spanish Labour Force Survey between 2008 and 2010. Results indicate that for some foreign-born groups, the inequality with respect to natives grows over time. Whereas for S…
Is the Spanish Recession Increasing Inequality? Male Migrant-native Differences in Educational Returns Against Unemployment
In this paper, we explore the impact that the current economic crisis is having on the extent to which education protects migrants and natives from unemployment in Spain. To do so, we use random constant models on a pooled sample of respondents to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) from 2003 to 2012. Specifically, we analyse the market value of the educational credentials held by African, Latin American and East European migrants compared with Spanish…
Qué trabajos ocupan quienes abandonan el desempleo? Diferencias entre españoles y extranjeros en un contexto de cambio económico
En este artículo se estudia el acceso a la ocupación para aquellos que logran salir del desempleo. En concreto, se pretende conocer qué factores explican las diferencias iniciales halladas entre extranjeros y españoles y, al mismo tiempo, averiguar en qué medida la coyuntura económica reduce o incrementa la brecha inicial entre ambos colectivos. Para ello se han utilizado los ficheros de flujos de la Encuesta de Población Activa desde 2005 hasta …
Evolución del empleo y del paro de las mujeres inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo español. El impacto de la actual crisis económica
This paper explores the impact of the current financial crisis on employment of female immigrants by conducting empirical analysis based on the Spanish Labour Force Survey, from 2000 until 2010. Results show that female immigrants are less affected by the recession in comparison to male immigrants. At the same time, human capital of female immigrants is more effective against the employment fall in comparison to male immigrants, of which the unem…
Trapped in Precariousness? Risks and Opportunities of Female Immigrants and Natives Transitioning from Part-Time Jobs in Spain
Using panel data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2008-2016), we explore the risks and opportunities of job transitions (to unemployment, inactivity, full-time work and promotion) of female immigrants and natives in part-time work. This is the first study examining the two possible functions of part-time employment (stepping stone or trap) for different types of women across different working time categories. It contributes to the ongoing di…
Is the Spanish Recession Increasing Inequality? Male Migrant-native Differences in Educational Returns Against Unemployment
In this paper, we explore the impact that the current economic crisis is having on the extent to which education protects migrants and natives from unemployment in Spain. To do so, we use random constant models on a pooled sample of respondents to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) from 2003 to 2012. Specifically, we analyse the market value of the educational credentials held by African, Latin American and East European migrants compared with Spanish…
The Great Recession and the Immigrant-Native Gap in Job Loss in the Spanish Labour Market
This study examines whether the likelihood of job loss varies by immigrant status and economic periods. In addition, it asks how the immigrant–native differences in job loss change under volatile economic conditions in the highly segmented Spanish labour market. Our study takes advantage of the current economic crisis to test several hypotheses that draw upon detailed longitudinal data from a sample of working males aged 16–64 years from the Span…
The occupational attainment and job security of immigrant children in Spain
Little is known about the labour market integration of immigrants who arrived in Spain at an early age. Using longitudinal data from the Spanish LFS (2008–2016) we find that other things being equal the occupational attainment of Latin American, Eastern European and African 1.5-generation immigrants is similar to that of natives both for men and women. First-generation immigrants, however, suffer a persistent disadvantage even after controlling f…
Potential Work Experience as Protection against Unemployment: Does it bring Equal Benefit to Immigrants and Native Workers
This article studies the beneficial return from potential work experience in preventing job loss, and seeks to explain whether its capacity for protection is different for immigrants compared with native workers. Logistic regression models are calculated from panel data of the Spanish Labour Force Survey between 2008 and 2010. Results indicate that for some foreign-born groups, the inequality with respect to natives grows over time. Whereas for S…
Qué trabajos ocupan quienes abandonan el desempleo? Diferencias entre españoles y extranjeros en un contexto de cambio económico
En este artículo se estudia el acceso a la ocupación para aquellos que logran salir del desempleo. En concreto, se pretende conocer qué factores explican las diferencias iniciales halladas entre extranjeros y españoles y, al mismo tiempo, averiguar en qué medida la coyuntura económica reduce o incrementa la brecha inicial entre ambos colectivos. Para ello se han utilizado los ficheros de flujos de la Encuesta de Población Activa desde 2005 hasta …
Evolución del empleo y del paro de las mujeres inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo español. El impacto de la actual crisis económica
This paper explores the impact of the current financial crisis on employment of female immigrants by conducting empirical analysis based on the Spanish Labour Force Survey, from 2000 until 2010. Results show that female immigrants are less affected by the recession in comparison to male immigrants. At the same time, human capital of female immigrants is more effective against the employment fall in comparison to male immigrants, of which the unem…
Design Matters Most: Changing Social Gaps in the Use of Fathers’ Leave in Spain
How much can you take with you? The role of education in explaining differences in the risk of unemployment between migrants and natives
This paper looks at how migrants with different skill profiles make use of their education in order to avoid unemployment compared with natives in three European countries with significantly different labour markets and policies for attracting highly skilled migration: France, Spain and the UK. The paper also explores the role played by the quality of the education migrants and natives received in accounting for these differentials, an explanatio…
Immigrants' Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain
This article analyzes changes in religiosity of the migrant-origin population in Spain. Using data from the Spanish General Social Survey (ESGE) from four different years between 2013 and 2023, we compare people with migrant background with respect to the native-born population in terms of religious affiliation (vs. being non-affiliated) and service attendance, and examine trends in immigrant religiosity over time. We study changes in two ways: F…
Inmigrantes sucesivos en el mercado de trabajo español: Trayectorias migratorias y capital de movilidad
Este artículo aborda el análisis de la integración laboral de los inmigrantes sucesivos, aquellos que antes de llegar a España habían vivido en un país diferente al de su origen y que por lo tanto poseen una experiencia migratoria previa. En concreto, se estudia si este colectivo experimenta una integración laboral más exitosa en términos de cualificación ocupacional que los inmigrantes que residen en otro país por primera vez. Para abordar estas…
Evolución del empleo y del paro de las mujeres inmigrantes en el mercado de trabajo español. El impacto de la actual crisis económica
This paper explores the impact of the current financial crisis on employment of female immigrants by conducting empirical analysis based on the Spanish Labour Force Survey, from 2000 until 2010. Results show that female immigrants are less affected by the recession in comparison to male immigrants. At the same time, human capital of female immigrants is more effective against the employment fall in comparison to male immigrants, of which the unem…
Qué trabajos ocupan quienes abandonan el desempleo? Diferencias entre españoles y extranjeros en un contexto de cambio económico
En este artículo se estudia el acceso a la ocupación para aquellos que logran salir del desempleo. En concreto, se pretende conocer qué factores explican las diferencias iniciales halladas entre extranjeros y españoles y, al mismo tiempo, averiguar en qué medida la coyuntura económica reduce o incrementa la brecha inicial entre ambos colectivos. Para ello se han utilizado los ficheros de flujos de la Encuesta de Población Activa desde 2005 hasta …
Is the Spanish Recession Increasing Inequality? Male Migrant-native Differences in Educational Returns Against Unemployment
In this paper, we explore the impact that the current economic crisis is having on the extent to which education protects migrants and natives from unemployment in Spain. To do so, we use random constant models on a pooled sample of respondents to the Labour Force Survey (LFS) from 2003 to 2012. Specifically, we analyse the market value of the educational credentials held by African, Latin American and East European migrants compared with Spanish…
The Great Recession and the Immigrant-Native Gap in Job Loss in the Spanish Labour Market
This study examines whether the likelihood of job loss varies by immigrant status and economic periods. In addition, it asks how the immigrant–native differences in job loss change under volatile economic conditions in the highly segmented Spanish labour market. Our study takes advantage of the current economic crisis to test several hypotheses that draw upon detailed longitudinal data from a sample of working males aged 16–64 years from the Span…
Potential Work Experience as Protection against Unemployment: Does it bring Equal Benefit to Immigrants and Native Workers
This article studies the beneficial return from potential work experience in preventing job loss, and seeks to explain whether its capacity for protection is different for immigrants compared with native workers. Logistic regression models are calculated from panel data of the Spanish Labour Force Survey between 2008 and 2010. Results indicate that for some foreign-born groups, the inequality with respect to natives grows over time. Whereas for S…
Inmigrantes sucesivos en el mercado de trabajo español: Trayectorias migratorias y capital de movilidad
Este artículo aborda el análisis de la integración laboral de los inmigrantes sucesivos, aquellos que antes de llegar a España habían vivido en un país diferente al de su origen y que por lo tanto poseen una experiencia migratoria previa. En concreto, se estudia si este colectivo experimenta una integración laboral más exitosa en términos de cualificación ocupacional que los inmigrantes que residen en otro país por primera vez. Para abordar estas…
How much can you take with you? The role of education in explaining differences in the risk of unemployment between migrants and natives
This paper looks at how migrants with different skill profiles make use of their education in order to avoid unemployment compared with natives in three European countries with significantly different labour markets and policies for attracting highly skilled migration: France, Spain and the UK. The paper also explores the role played by the quality of the education migrants and natives received in accounting for these differentials, an explanatio…
Trapped in Precariousness? Risks and Opportunities of Female Immigrants and Natives Transitioning from Part-Time Jobs in Spain
Using panel data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2008-2016), we explore the risks and opportunities of job transitions (to unemployment, inactivity, full-time work and promotion) of female immigrants and natives in part-time work. This is the first study examining the two possible functions of part-time employment (stepping stone or trap) for different types of women across different working time categories. It contributes to the ongoing di…
Migration Policies, Participation and the Political Construction of Migration in Spain
This article offers a state of the art of research on migration policies, participation and the political construction of immigration in Spain. It starts with an overview of migration policy, addressing the impact of the 2008 economic crisis on the configuration of the political agenda. Secondly, it addresses the political participation of immigrants in Spain and their role as “new” voters. Finally, the appearance of the extreme right political p…
Design Matters Most: Changing Social Gaps in the Use of Fathers’ Leave in Spain
La influencia de la actividad física de los padres en la participación deportiva. ¿Cómo afecta a la desigualdad de clase social
Este artículo explora cómo la actividad deportiva de los padres modera el efecto de la clase social en la participación deportiva de los individuos. A partir de las cuatro Encuestas de Hábitos Deportivos en España realizadas por el CIS, los resultados confirman que pertenecer a una clase social más alta y tener padres físicamente activos (tanto en el presente como en el pasado) aumenta la probabilidad de hacer deporte. Sin embargo, los análisis r…
The occupational attainment and job security of immigrant children in Spain
Little is known about the labour market integration of immigrants who arrived in Spain at an early age. Using longitudinal data from the Spanish LFS (2008–2016) we find that other things being equal the occupational attainment of Latin American, Eastern European and African 1.5-generation immigrants is similar to that of natives both for men and women. First-generation immigrants, however, suffer a persistent disadvantage even after controlling f…
Does City Size Affect International Migrants and Native-Born Workers Differently? Exploring Inequalities in Unemployment and Occupations Across Spanish Cities
The 20th century witnessed populations increasingly concentrated in cities, and this global pattern has persisted into the 21st century. A principal reason for the urban concentration lies in the greater employment advantages offered by bigger metropolises. While this relationship is well documented, few studies have examined whether these benefits differ according to urban dwellers’ birth country. This article analyzes to what extent the migrant…
Migrant children and inequality in twenty‐first‐century Spain: The risk of living with no working adults in times of crisis
This article analyses the impact of the crises on the level of inequality between native and migrant origin children in twenty‐first‐century Spain. We use microdata from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2000–2022) to study the risk for migrant and native children of living in a household with no working adults. We hypothesize that the assimilation of the immigrant population—after more than two decades in the country—might have contributed to red…
La salida de inmigrantes en contextos de declive económico ¿Cambia la autoselección durante fases recesivas
En este artículo se estudian los flujos de salida de la población de origenextranjero residente en España. En concreto, se analizan las variacionesen la probabilidad de emigrar y de la intensidad de la autoselección endistintas fases del ciclo económico. Para ello se estiman modelos deanálisis de supervivencia a partir de datos de la Encuesta de PoblaciónActiva entre 2005 y 2010. Los resultados muestran, por una parte, unaumento de la probabilida…
La salida del desempleo de extranjeros y españoles. Efectos del contexto económico
En este artículo se estudian las transiciones hacia el empleo de laspersonas que se encuentran desocupadas y que han trabajadoanteriormente. Para ello se utilizan los fi cheros de fl ujos de la Encuestade Población Activa. Los análisis se han realizado para dos periodoseconómicos diferentes: de expansión (2005-2007) y de recesión(2008-2010). Los resultados muestran que durante los años de bonanzalos extranjeros procedentes de Latinoamérica y de E…
Introduction. Migration as a multi-sited phenomenon: Selectivity, transnationalism, and multiple comparisons in a growing field
As migration and ethnic diversity become fundamental aspects of our societies, there is a need to expand the perspectives and methodologies used to study the drivers, the outcomes, and the experiences of migration. Migration is a multi-sited phenomenon in which both origin and destination(s) play a fundamental role. This perspective, though intuitively central to the understanding of migration, has not often been the focus of empirical sociologic…
Migrant Origin Children and Child Poverty in Spain: A Decomposition Analysis
Immigrants' Changing Religiosity: The Case of Spain
This article analyzes changes in religiosity of the migrant-origin population in Spain. Using data from the Spanish General Social Survey (ESGE) from four different years between 2013 and 2023, we compare people with migrant background with respect to the native-born population in terms of religious affiliation (vs. being non-affiliated) and service attendance, and examine trends in immigrant religiosity over time. We study changes in two ways: F…
Persistent disadvantage or assimilation? Second-generation immigrants in the Spanish labour market
The recent entry of the second generation into the Spanish labour market presents an opportunity to examine whether the enduring penalty faced by the first generation is a consequence of the migration process or persists across immigrant generations. Based on the approaches of classical and neo-assimilation, segmented assimilation, and segmentation theories, we use data from the Spanish Labour Force Survey (2021–2024) to compare the probability o…
Migration and Labor Dynamics (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Economics (12 works) · Immigration (12 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Demographic economics (11 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (11 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (10 works) · Unemployment (9 works)