Forthcoming in Journal of Human Resources Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare?
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This paper analyzes differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel data set for the years 1990 to 1996. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than natives and that differences cannot be explained by observable characteristics. Welfare participation decreases with time spent in Sweden. Refugees assimilate out-of welfare at a faster rate than non-refugee immigrants, but neither group is predicted to reach parity with natives. Increases in unemployment and immigration, as well as the change in the composition of immigrants, contributed to the increase in welfare utilization in Sweden. ______________________________ * Jorgen Hansen, Concordia University, Department of Economics, 1455, de Maisonneuve Blvd W., Montreal, Quebec, Canada, H3G 1M8. Magnus Lofstrom, University of California at Irvine, School of Social Sciences, 3151 Social Science Plaza, Irvine, CA 92697-5100. We would like to thank 2 anonymous referees, Thomas Bauer, Anders Björklund, Don DeVoretz, Lennart Flood, Bjorn Gustafsson, Dan-Olof Rooth, participants at the Canadian Economic Association’s annual meeting 2000, the CEPR/TSER workshop at Bar-Ilan University, the Canadian International Labour Network’s conference 2000, the European Economic Association’s annual meeting 2000, and seminar participants at Gothenburg University, Lund University, SOFI, Simon Fraser University for helpful comments. Financial support from the European Commission (grant SOE2-CT97-3052) and the Swedish Council for Social Research is gratefully acknowledged. The data used in this paper is provided by Statistics Sweden. For information about accessing this data and user restrictions, contact Statistics Sweden at [email protected]. Hansen and Lofstrom, 1
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Immigrant Assimilation and Welfare Participation: Do Immigrants Assimilate Into or Out-of Welfare
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