This meta-study investigates recent research on the effects of immigration on the welfare state in Austria, Germany and …, recognized refugees and, more generally, on forced migrants. In total, twenty recently published studies are scrutinized in a … data. Second, the majority of studies fail to clearly distinguish between different groups of migrants. Third, various …

We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by … natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts … for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration. …

observable factors. The reasons for this are primarily lower tax payments of migrant households. Selective migration and sound … integration policies and as well as policies avoiding marginalization of migrants in informal labor markets are therefore the most … effective means to avoid scal burdens of migration. …

welfare and put restrictions on migration. When migrants are mostly low-skilled (high-skilled), European citizens typically … immigration policy over the last decade. Unlike previous studies, I analyze the evolution over time of these two types of … attitudes in a joint empirical framework. Using migration data at the NUTS regional level from the European Labor Force Survey …

-industry-country cells and the shares of migrants and natives working in these cells. We find that immigrants' responsiveness to labor market … shortages exceeds that of natives in the EU15, in particular in member states with higher unemployment rates, higher levels of … (recent) immigration, and more open immigration and integration policies; but also those with barriers to citizenship …