Spanish Stat´s Suggest Benefits of Regularization
May 2005 showed a drop in unemployment entirely unprecendented in Spain´s history. While some claim that this drop -- 88.500 fewer unemployed Spaniards -- is due to new statistical methods or general Spanish economic progress, most newspapers concede that the regularization at least was a factor. In the same month, 218.498 new contributors to Social Security funds were recorded. No one seems to be contesting that this has been mostly an outcome of regularization.
posted by mr. p @ 11:26 PM
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Hi Ewa,
The regularization is the subject of this blog. Other names for it are "normalization" and "amnesty" but I no longer feel that the latter is a neutral term. For a good starting summary, see this article from one of the earlier threads:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4579127.stm
Something I neglected to post is that conservative estimates show that 62% of the Spanish public supports the normalization policy.
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One source (with regards to this public approval rating) in Spanish is Si Se Puede -- hardly a conservative source, but I´m comparing it with other surveys I´ve read. Si Se Puede is one of three very decent newspapers I´ve found specific to Madrid and immigration (though 2 deal solely with the Latin American community). S.S.P.´s website is still under development (otherwise I´d link to the article) but should be up by the fall.
Also check the Google thread from several postings back.
Yeah I was using "amnesty" earlier in the blog, but have recently discarded it. Though it´s catchier and more emotive than "regularization," it´s telling that no proponent of this policy wants to have it labeled an "amnesty." It´s one of those words like "liberal" (in America) with lots of cargo.
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