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Immigrant-native differences in welfare participation: the role of entry and exit rates
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, country of birth, and time of arrival in Sweden among other things, and provides an excellent opportunity to examine immigrant-native differences in welfare use. The empirical results suggest that the main reason for the large immigrant-native welfare gap observed in the data is differences in welfare entry rates. Thus, policies aimed to reduce these transitions may be particularly successful in reducing welfare use in general and the immigrant-native welfare gap in particular.
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Englisch
- Bibliographic citation
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2261
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Wirtschaft
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: General
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination
Demographic Economics: Public Policy
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
- Subject
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welfare
immigration
labor market behavior
transition
state dependence
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Hansen, Jörgen
Lofstrom, Magnus
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
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Bonn
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2006
- Handle
- Last update
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10.03.2025, 11:44 AM CET
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Object type
- Arbeitspapier
Associated
- Hansen, Jörgen
- Lofstrom, Magnus
- Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
Time of origin
- 2006
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