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 …

major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification …

capital approach and allows for detecting discrimination as well as assimilation processes. The empirical results im-ply that … Europe. Somewhat disappointing, the assimilation hypothesis was clearly rejected for all migrants with again the exception …

across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of wage assimilation over time. Wage assimilation is affected by year of … entry, immigrant skill, ethnicity, and gender. Policies that facilitate assimilation of immigrant workers provide support …

Most previously used measures of immigrant labor market assimilation will be biased if there is non-random emigration … of immigrants. We use longitudinal data on immigration to Sweden 1970-1990 to examine the extent and pattern of immigrant … emigration and its consequences for measures of assimilation. Large fractions of the immigrants leave the host country shortly …

Using two Dutch labour force surveys, employment assimilation of immigrants is examined. We observe marked differences …

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

across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of wage assimilation over time. Wage assimilation is affected by year of … entry, immigrant skill, ethnicity, and gender. Policies that facilitate assimilation of immigrant workers provide support …