National origin and immigrant welfare recipiency

National origin and immigrant welfare recipiency

This paper explores national origin differences in the welfare recipiency of immigrants to the United States. We develop an economic model of immigration which generates implications about how welfare utilization should vary according to characteristics of the country of origin. The empirical analysis reveals that a few source country characteristics explain over two-thirds of the variance of w...

Welfare Reform and Immigrant Fertility

Welfare Reform and Immigrant Fertility Immigration policy continues to be at the forefront of policy discussions, and the use of welfare benefits by immigrants has been hotly debated. In 1996, Congress enacted welfare reform legislation (PRWORA), which denied the use of most means-tested assistance to noncitizens and lowered immigrant welfare dramatically. While Federal legislation imposed stri...

Tradeoffs between equality and difference : Immigrant integration , multiculturalism , and the welfare state in cross - national perspective

This paper investigates how integration policies and welfare state regimes have affected the socio-economic integration of immigrants, focusing on eight European countries: Germany, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, Austria, and Belgium. It presents comparative data on integration policies and welfare states regimes. The expectations derived from this comparative...

Immigration Policy, National Origin, and Immigrant Skills: A Comparison of Canada and the United States

Welfare Reform’s Chilling Effects on Non-citizens: Changes in Non-citizen Welfare Recipiency or Shifts in Citizenship Status?