Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent … to which immigrants can receive welfare payments. In this paper, we compare the rates of receipt of welfare for … find lower rates of welfare receipt among immigrants. While the numbers of immigrants claiming unemployment …

Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent … to which immigrants can receive welfare payments. In this paper, we compare the rates of receipt of welfare for … find lower rates of welfare receipt among immigrants. While the numbers of immigrants claiming unemployment …

German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and …

This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased in Sweden in the 1990?s …. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than natives and that non-refugee immigrants utilize social …

This paper analyzes differences in welfare transitions between natives and immigrants in Sweden using a large … representative panel data set, LINDA, for the years 1991 to 2001. The data contains administrative information on welfare use …-native differences in welfare use. The empirical results suggest that the main reason for the large immigrant-native welfare gap observed …

are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives and are more likely to stay on welfare and to receive … a similar degree of ?structural? state dependence as natives. The high welfare participation rates among refugee … immigrants seem to be due to the existence of a ?welfare trap?, while participation among natives and non-refugee immigrants is …

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 …. When combined with the results on welfare receipt, this raises a question over the effectiveness of welfare systems in …

German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and …

-order efficiency losses that outweigh the budget cost to the government. By contrast, wage subsidies involve much smaller welfare …

This paper analyses differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased substantially in Sweden in … the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than natives and that non-refugee immigrants utilize …