destination countries are analysed. In both Denmark and Sweden, we report much higher poverty rates among the immigrants studied …-income countries reaching the normal pension age. Thus, it is increasingly relevant to ask: how are older migrants from such countries … faring? Here we study poverty rates and determinants of poverty among natives and persons born in Bosnia, Iran, Iraq …

Focus in the paper is on poverty among immigrants and refugees 50 years and older coming to Denmark from countries … become eligible for State pension. Poverty rates by national background are described using alternative household concepts …. Next, a number of background factors of relevance for poverty are summarized. We focus on age, gender, marital status …

and preferences) and thus be significantly affected by immigration affecting the distribution of characteristics … immigration, which may change the composition of the population in the ability and/or preference dimension. -- work incentives …

Swedish work-line policy increased the risk of poverty by 1.0 percentage point and the Gini coefficient by 0.4. In Sweden, the … perspective, the results indicate that the Nordic model is resilient. In Sweden, a significant increase in the risk of poverty … behavioural effects did not fully offset the negative static effects on the risk-of-poverty rate and inequality. From a policy …

differences. -- Child poverty ; immigration ; Denmark ; Norway ; Sweden …Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … years since immigration and education affect risks of the number of periods in persistent poverty. While a native child is …

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … years since immigration and education affect risks of the number of periods in persistent poverty. While a native child is … data. While native children face yearly poverty risks of less than 10 percent in all three countries and for all years …

This paper examines the economic and related consequences of immigration from a less developed country (LDC) to a … evolved welfare case, immigration is only an advantage for the immigrant, especially one with less marketable skills, while it …

Immigrant and native child poverty in Denmark, Norway and Sweden 1993 to 2001 is investigated using large sets of panel … years since immigration and education affect risks of the number of periods in persistent poverty. While a native child is … data. While native children face yearly poverty risks of less than 10 percent in all three countries and for all years …