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The paper employs generational accounting to analyze the intertemporal fiscal impact of immigration to Germany … prospective immigrants after arrival. Supposed future immigrants resemble the current migrant population in Germany, the fiscal …
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eligibility determinations difficult. In Germany, by contrast, eligibility for the main cash transfer program, Sozialhilfe (Social … test whether immigrants to Germany are more likely than natives to claim welfare benefits for which they are eligible. We …
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This paper provides a snapshot of the stock of immigrants in Germany using the 1995 wave of the Microzensus with a … moderate actual public transfer payment dependence of migrants to Germany with the perception of migrants dependence on public …
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The social contract of the welfare state can be strained by the arrival of immigrants who receive welfare payments financed by citizens' taxes. We show, however, that the presence of unemployed immigrants receiving welfare payments is consistent with social harmony. The social harmony, which is...
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This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent...
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