Arbeitspapier

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.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 2261

Klassifikation
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
Thema
welfare
immigration
labor market behavior
transition
state dependence

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Hansen, Jörgen
Lofstrom, Magnus
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2006

Handle
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Hansen, Jörgen
  • Lofstrom, Magnus
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2006

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