Muñoz Comet, Jacobo FernandoArcarons, Albert F.2025-02-072025-02-072024-10Muñoz-Comet, J. Arcarons, A.F. 2024. Migrant children and inequality in twenty-first-century Spain: The risk of living with no working adults in times of crisis. International Migration ISSN: 1468-2435, 0020-7985 , 2024 Vol62 (5 ) Pág254-269, https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.133101468-2435, 0020-7985https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13310https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14468/25844The registered version of this article, first published in “International Migration, vol. 62, 2024", is available online at the publisher's website: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13310 La versión registrada de este artículo, publicado por primera vez en “International Migration, vol. 62, 2024", está disponible en línea en el sitio web del editor: Wiley, https://doi.org/10.1111/imig.13310This 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/embargoedAccessartículochildrenmigrant origininequalityhouseholdunemploymentCOVID-19Great Recession