Immigrants on welfare: Assimilation and benefit substitution

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Non-western immigrants in Norway are shown to rely heavily on welfare transfers for several years after immigration. While refugee immigrants assimilate slightly out of welfare, other non-western immigrants assimilate rapidly into welfare. Re-migration is selective for both non-western and western immigrants, insofar as the probability of re-migration correlates negatively with the probability of receiving welfare. We argue that previous studies may have reached biased estimates of welfare assimilation, both because they have disregarded the possibility of selective re-migration, and because they have focused only on social assistance, not taking into account the possibility of benefit substitution.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Memorandum ; No. 2005,18

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft ; International Migration ; Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
• Subject: immigrants ; immigration ; re-migration ; Einwanderung ; Soziale Integration ; Sozialhilfeempfänger ; Sozialhilfe ; Schätzung ; Norwegen

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Ekhaugen, Tyra
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): University of Oslo, Department of Economics
• (where): Oslo
• (when): 2005

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/62994
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:43 AM CET