This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven … paper ends with some speculations about why European policy-makers are becoming more interested in U.S. welfare reform …

This paper reviews the U.S. welfare reform efforts over the 1990s and the effects of these reforms to date. Seven … skills. The paper ends with some speculations about why European policy-makers are becoming more interested in U.S. welfare …

The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the … European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for 2007, we find very little evidence that immigrants are indeed more …

This paper analyzes the status of being currently divorced among European and Mexican immigrants in the U.S., among … married only once, in the 2010-2014 American Community Surveys. Among immigrants, better job opportunities, measured by … live in states with a higher divorce rate are more likely to be divorced. Thus, currently being divorced among immigrants …

-origin residents. Since then, the broader institutions and policies associated with national welfare states — including the subset of … them more directly aimed at fitting immigrants into host-society economic, social, and political life — have helped … national welfare states and incorporation regimes have serious shortcomings, the (non-)policies associated with those states …

An extensive body of research related to immigrants in a variety of countries has documented a "healthy immigrant … effect" (HIE). When immigrants arrive in the host country they are healthier than comparable native populations, but their … the health of immigrants and the positive selection, screening and discrimination applied by the host countries. In this …

countries variation and produce reliable results. We find that during the first decade after arrival, immigrants report higher … levels of subjective health compared to natives and to previous cohorts of immigrants. As time since migration passes by …, reported subjective health decreases; immigrants' health becomes the same as that of comparable natives or it even decreases …

countries variation and produce reliable results. We find that during the first decade after arrival, immigrants report higher … levels of subjective health compared to natives and to previous cohorts of immigrants. As time since migration passes by …, reported subjective health decreases; immigrants' health becomes the same as that of comparable natives or it even decreases …