We study the health determinants of immigrant men and women over the age of fifty, in Europe, and compare them to … natives. We utilize the unique Survey of Health Aging and Retirement (SHARE) and augmented it with macroeconomic information …

foundation for restrictive immigration policies. Existing studies have focused on the responses to survey questions on whether …There is growing interest among economists in public opinion towards immigration, something that is often seen as the … the individual would prefer more or less immigration but not on his or her assessment of its importance as a policy issue …

the health of immigrants and the positive selection, screening and discrimination applied by the host countries. In this … data we are able to compare Israel and Europe that have fundamentally different migration policies. Israel has virtually … natives; b) immigrants to Europe have better health than natives upon arrival and up to eleven years since arrival in the host …