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 …

The most commonly used model of labor market incorporation among immigrants in the United States analyzes their … may lose much of its explanatory power in other societies, where immigrants encounter different labor market conditions … social networks by immigrants to find jobs has a significant impact on wages in both countries, the effect is positive in …

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 …

The trend towards activation has been one of the major issues in recent welfare and labour market reforms in Europe and …

-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 …

international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …. The sensitivity of the results of the decomposition to several measurement issues is assessed. -- Immigrants ; schooling …