data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased substantially in Sweden in …This paper analyses differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than natives and that non-refugee immigrants utilize …

across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of wage assimilation over time. Wage assimilation is affected by year of … entry, immigrant skill, ethnicity, and gender. Policies that facilitate assimilation of immigrant workers provide support …

The cultural assimilation of immigrants into the host society is often equated with prospects for economic success …, with religion seen as a potential barrier. We investigate the role of ethnic enclaves and churches for the assimilation of …. The former sought the preservation of Danish culture and tradition, while the latter encouraged assimilation. We use data …

. This study evaluates the causes of this phenomenon and tests for the effects of assimilation, cohort, age at migration, and … household social assistance dependence. Assimilation and age at migration increase the probability of social assistance … dependence. In addition, the labour force status of the household head has different effects for native and immigrant welfare …

The literature on immigrant assimilation highlights the imperfect portability of the human capital acquired by …