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 reducing the impact of the COVID‐19 crisis. Results show that the 2008 crisis substantially increased the gap between migrant and native children, while the impact of the pandemic has been milder. Moreover, social origin has a stronger protective effect for native children compared with children with a migrant background, especially during periods of economic downturn. However, we find that among children of low social origin, migrant children are less likely to live in a household with no working adults.

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二十一世纪西班牙的移民儿童和不平等：危机时期没有工作成年人生活的风险


本文分析了危机对二十一世纪西班牙本土儿童和移民儿童之间不平等程度的影响。我们使用西班牙劳动力调查（2000-2022）的微观数据来研究移民和本地儿童生活在没有工作成年人的家庭中的风险。我们假设移民人口在该国生活了二十多年后的同化可能有助于减少 COVID-19 危机的影响。结果显示，2008年的危机大幅拉大了流动儿童与本地儿童之间的差距，而疫情的影响则较轻。而且，与移民背景的儿童相比，社会出身对本地儿童的保护作用更强，尤其是在经济低迷时期。然而，我们发现，在社会出身较低的儿童中，流动儿童不太可能生活在没有成年人工作的家庭中。