José Pablo Martínez is an Analyst at the Elcano Royal Institute in Social and Economic Dynamics of Migration, having previously research in the area of Public Opinion and Image of Spain.
He has worked at the Studies and Analysis department of the Economic and Social Council of Spain (CES) and has also participated in economic and social research projects at the University of Murcia and the Autonomous University of Madrid. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of Murcia and a master´s degree in International Economics from the Autonomous University of Madrid. He is currently a PhD candidate in the Interuniversity Doctorate Program in Economics DEcIDE, with a thesis project focused on the analysis of migration effects within the EMU after 20 years of common currency.
Areas of research: analysis of the socio-economic determinants and effects of demographic phenomena, particularly migration, with special interest in European transnational mobility. He has participated in international research projects related to migration affairs such as High-Skilled Migration in Time of Crisis, Integration, Transnational Mobility and Human, Social and Economic Capital Transfers y Nothing to Fear but Fear Itself?.
Selected publications: ‘Economic and Geopolitical Risks for the World Economy’ (with Federico Steinberg, Economistas, nº 177, 2022), ‘Spanish Skilled Emigration After the Crisis. A Comparison with Migration from Southern Europe and Ireland’ (with Carmen González Enríquez, Migraciones, nº 43, 2017), The Transnational Mobility of Migrants in Spain (with Carmen González Enríquez, Elcano Royal Institute, 2016), ‘Polarization of Currency Optimality in the Eurozone (1998-2008)’ (with Federico Steinberg, Revista de Economía ICE, nº 878, May-June 2014), ‘Theory of Optimum Currency Areas: A Literature Review from an European Perspective’ (Economic Analysis Working Paper Series, Autonomous University of Madrid, 4/2013), ‘Spain-Russia Dual Year: 20 Years of Economic, Social and Labour Relations’ (CAUCES: Cuadernos del Consejo Económico y Social, nº 17, pp. 6-25, Summer 2011).
