This paper investigates the macroeconomic and welfare effects of illegal immigration on the native born within a … postwar U.S. economy. The model predicts that in the long run illegal immigration is a boon, but the employment opportunities …

local language are very high, but imported skills have zero (conditional) return. Furthermore, the welfare gain from the …

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 …

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 …

hostility to immigration from ethnically distinct populations. Furthermore, there is evidence that welfare and labour market … about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are …

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 …

and local language are very high, but imported skills have zero (conditional) return. Furthermore, the welfare gain from …

. Immigrants are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives are and are more likely to stay on welfare and to …-refugee countries display 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 …