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 …

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 …-native differences in welfare use. The empirical results suggest that the main reason for the large immigrant-native welfare gap observed …

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 …

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 …

determined by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare. The data indicates that poverty rates are highest for immigrants …This paper analyzes the persistence of poverty in Sweden using a hazard rate model based on multiple spells. The model … disposable income obtained from individual tax files. Poverty is defined using information on annual minimum needs standards …

In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural, static model of household labor supply and multiple welfare … welfare programs, we use unique access to a very detailed micro-simulation model to generate accurate budget sets for each … work-welfare combination. Moreover, when determining the budget sets, we use extraordinary high-quality data on earnings …