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 than natives and that non-refugee immigrants utilize social …

differences in social assistance participation. The empirical results indicate that a “welfare trap” does exist in Canada, but the … structural and spurious state dependence and regional differences in welfare generosity. In particular, the existence of … structural state dependence, or a “welfare trap”, appears to be more likely in provinces with relatively high benefit levels. One …

This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large … representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use … immigrantnative differences in welfare use. The empirical results suggest that the main reason for the large immigrant-native welfare …

are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives and are more likely to stay on welfare and to receive … a similar degree of "structural" state dependence as natives. The high welfare participation rates among refugee … immigrants seem to be due to the existence of a "welfare trap", while participation among natives and non-refugee immigrants is …

Immigrants are widely perceived as being highly entrepreneurial and important for economic growth and innovation. This …