Data used:
Below is a description of the databases and methodologies used in our research. Most datasets are publicly available, but we welcome any questions or inquiries about the methods used and the way we implemented the data in our work. Feel free to contact us at: tlopez@ced.uab.cat
1. Study on Residential Mobility, Internal Migration, and the Impact of COVID-19
– Residential Variation Statistics. Microdata series, 1998-2021. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Public microdata, metadata, and record design are publicly available at: https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736177013&menu=resultados&idp=1254734710990
– Population and Housing Census, 2021. Instituto Nacional de Estadística (INE). Aggregated data extracted from the online tabulator are publicly available at: https://www.ine.es/Censo2021/Inicio.do?L=0 Methodology available at: https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/es/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176992&menu=metodologia&idp=1254735572981
– Municipal residential variation records from the City Councils of Barcelona and Madrid, including in-flows, out-flows and movements within the central municipality (2016-2022). Microdata series, 2016-2022. Data requested specifically to both city councils, subject to confidentiality agreements, and therefore cannot be publicly shared. Variables include Sex, Age, Place of Birth, Education Level, Origin/Destination of the residential change/migration. Departament d’Estadística de l’Ajuntament de Barcelona, Oficina Municipal de Dades: https://portaldades.ajuntament.barcelona.cat/en/about Subdirección General de Estadística del Ayuntamiento de Madrid: https://www.madrid.es/portales/munimadrid/en/Start/The-City-Council/Statistics/Subdirectorate-General-of-Statistics/?vgnextfmt=default&vgnextoid=d7f11e79ee71c010VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=8156e39873674210VgnVCM1000000b205a0aRCRD
2. Study on the Growing Attraction of Spanish Cities for Highly Educated Migrants in a Context of a Post-Pandemic Rise of Remote Work
– The first study, “Navigating Spaces of Transnational Gentrification: Insights from the Everyday Geographies of Barcelona’s New Global Residents”, is primarily based on fieldwork, which includes: a) a survey of nearly 400 highly skilled migrants residing in Barcelona, and b) qualitative research consisting of 7 focus groups with a total of 25 participants. The data from both studies are protected by confidentiality agreements and cannot be publicly shared. For more information or any inquiries, please contact the Principal Investigator of the project: tlopez@ced.uab.cat
– The second study, “Socio-spatial characteristics of highly qualified international migrants in Spain”, is based on the Microdata from the 2021 Population Census, provided by the National Statistics Institute (INE). The microdata, as well as the methodology and record designs, are publicly accessible and can be found at: https://www.ine.es/dyngs/INEbase/en/operacion.htm?c=Estadistica_C&cid=1254736176992&menu=resultados&idp=1254735572981#_tabs-1254736195714
– The third work, “The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Tourist Accommodation: A Study of Major European Cities”, is based on an analysis of the supply of tourist apartments in five European cities (Barcelona, Berlin, Lisbon, Madrid, and Paris) between 01/01/2018 and 31/08/2023. The analyzed database comes from a specific request to the InsideAirbnb portal and cannot be shared. However, the most recent data is publicly accessible and can be found at: https://insideairbnb.com/get-the-data/
For any further inquiries about the data or methodology used throughout the project, you can contact the Principal Investigator of the project at: tlopez@ced.uab.cat