in countries’ unemployment benefit spending (UBS) affect immigration. Design/methodology/approach – Data are collected … for 19 European countries over the period 1993‐2008. The relationship between immigration flows and UBS is first tested …/value – This paper complements previous literature on immigration and welfare by exploring the endogenous nature of welfare …

censuses conducted by INSEE (Paris) in 1982, 1990, and 1999. Findings – In general, migrants live more frequently in social … housing than French natives, other observables being equal. In particular, this frequency is higher for migrants from Turkey …, Morocco, Southeast Asia, Algeria, Tunisia and Sub‐Saharan Africa (in decreasing order). Moreover, migrants of all origins live …

level, of how changes in immigration policy and cyclical changes interact, influencing the assimilation into or out of …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issue of welfare use by migrants in Italy and overcome the … controlling for observable characteristics, migrants from outside the EU are more likely to apply for welfare. Once individual and …. Geographical location is a key factor, given that migrants tend to locate in the richest areas of the country, which also happen to …

pensions; and an unprecedented immigration boom. Design/methodology/approach – Different probit models of social program intake …

This paper examines whether the subjective well-being of migrants is responsive to fluctuations in macroeconomic … control for migrants' observed and unobserved characteristics. We find strong (mild) evidence that migrants' well … demonstrate that migrants regard home countries as natural comparators and, thereby, suggest an original assessment of the …