Negative perceptions about migrants in Europe, the Continent with the largest social policy programmes, are driven by … welfare access by migrants or further tighten migration policies. Are there politically feasible alternatives to these two … perceptions about migrants in Europe. Based on a simple model of the perceived fiscal effects of migration and on a largely …

-work poverty, and retirement and old-age pensions. After that we discuss social spending on other than cash transfers: the labour …

Given the prevalence of informal labor, most countries have combined contributory social insurance programs (pensions …, unemployment benefits, and health insurance), with non-contributory insurance programs and several types of "safety nets." All of … across sectors and geographic regions and higher equilibrium unemployment rates for some groups of workers. This paper …

protection, unemployment insurance benefits and minimum income support, working time flexibility and wage setting played a … crucial role in determining to what extent the economic crisis led to higher unemployment, wage cuts or income losses and …

A model is set up where migrants must choose a level of social traits and consumption of ethnic goods. As the … consumption level of ethnic goods increases, the migrants become ever more different to the local population and are less … assimilated. Less assimilation affects the reaction of the local population to the migrants and their willingness to accept the …