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 …

This paper examines immigrant poverty at an older age in Sweden with an emphasis on late-in-life immigrants. We analyse … criteria is strongly positively related to one's age at immigration. Our results indicate that it is crucial that migrants … tax data for the entire Swedish-born and non-Swedish-born population. The poverty status of a household is assessed using …

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 …

This paper examines various aspects of elderly poverty and its measurement. It first discusses some of the most … important issues relating to measuring elderly poverty. It then reviews recent trends in elderly poverty, which show … considerable heterogeneity in the extent of elderly poverty even among developed countries. Such cross-country differences are due …

This paper examines various aspects of elderly poverty and its measurement. It first discusses some of the most … important issues relating to measuring elderly poverty. It then reviews recent trends in elderly poverty, which show … considerable heterogeneity in the extent of elderly poverty even among developed countries. Such cross-country differences are due …

elderly. Overall, poverty among the elderly in Sweden remains low in an international perspective and our analysis leads us to …This study analyses the development of the economic well-being of the elderly in Sweden since 1990 - a period … Survey. The elderly were not isolated as pensions were cut, full indexation abandoned and taxes increased during Sweden …

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 …