Arbeitspapier

Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe

The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for 2007, we find very little evidence that immigrants are indeed more likely to receive such payments when all payments are considered together. This is true whether we use raw data or regression analysis in which we control for relevant characteristics. We do find evidence of higher rates of poverty among immigrants. When combined with the results on welfare receipt, this raises a question over the effectiveness of welfare systems in protecting immigrants from poverty across Europe.

Sprache
Englisch

Erschienen in
Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 5515

Klassifikation
Wirtschaft
Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Geographic Labor Mobility; Immigrant Workers
Thema
welfare
immigrants
Europe
Migranten
Sozialhilfeempfänger
Armut
Sozialpolitik
EU-Staaten

Ereignis
Geistige Schöpfung
(wer)
Barrett, Alan
Maître, Bertrand
Ereignis
Veröffentlichung
(wer)
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)
(wo)
Bonn
(wann)
2011

Handle
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-201104113889
Letzte Aktualisierung
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Objekttyp

  • Arbeitspapier

Beteiligte

  • Barrett, Alan
  • Maître, Bertrand
  • Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA)

Entstanden

  • 2011

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