Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany - Relative Income Position, Income Portfolio, and Redistribution Effects

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Based on data from the BHPS and the GSOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a whole, the non-indigenous population in the UK fares much better than the immigrant population in Germany. However, the range of economic performance across different ethnic groups in the UK is much larger than that in Germany. The German corporatist welfare system is characterised by much stronger redistribution effects than the liberal UK one. Consequently, the relatively low-performing immigrant population in Germany profits more from the redistribution system than immigrants with similar socio-economic attributes in the UK.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 788

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination ; Demographic Economics: Public Policy ; Personal Income, Wealth, and Their Distributions
• Subject: immigration ; migration policy ; income redistribution ; Einwanderung ; Ausländer ; Ethnische Gruppe ; Einkommensverteilung ; Einkommensumverteilung ; Vergleich ; Großbritannien ; Deutschland

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Büchel, Felix ; Frick, Joachim R.
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
• (where): Bonn
• (when): 2003

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/20033
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:45 AM CET