Socioeconomic Factors of Immigrants’ Location Choices. Evidence for the South of Europe Martín Martín, José María Jiménez Aguilera, Juan De Dios Immigrant flows Location factors Socioeconomic This paper takes as a reference, empirical analyses conducted in northern European countries and the United States which associate socioeconomic factors to the location patterns of immigrants. It has been suggested that the socioeconomic context of southern Europe could impact immigrants’ location choices. We analyze data on the location of immigrants in municipalities of the Andalusian region in southern Spain with respect to the factors that most influence immigrants’ location preferences as discussed in the literature: a pre-existing immigrant community, economic dynamism, population size and other scarcely investigated factors such as the territorial characteristics of the municipality and its productive structure. We conclude that immigrant location patterns in Andalusia are very similar to those found in geographical areas outside Spain, with the exception of specific characteristics related to the social and labor model of the region. 2024-10-01T10:40:50Z 2024-10-01T10:40:50Z 2017-05-26 journal article Martín Martín, J.M.; Jiménez Aguilera, J.D.D. Socioeconomic Factors of Immigrants’ Location Choices. Evidence for the South of Europe. Soc. Sci. 2017, 6, 53. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci6020053 https://hdl.handle.net/10481/95350 10.3390/socsci6020053 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Atribución 4.0 Internacional MDPI