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

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

This survey presents findings from recent empirical studies on economic impacts of immigration with particular emphasis … on European and Nordic countries. The survey consists of three parts. First, we look at the extent of immigration as an … economic phenomenon in various host countries. The second part deals with the assimilation of immigrant workers in host country …

most preferred host countries for immigration. Using the recent waves of the Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) dataset, we find … that the immigrant-native gap in risk preferences has widened for recent immigration cohorts, especially around the 2015 … European Refugee Crisis. We attribute the recent widening to decreased assimilation rates of new immigrants caused by a reduced …

We empirically assess the relationship between cultural assimilation and subjective well-being of immigrants by using …