Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/52045 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 5515
Publisher: 
Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
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.
Subjects: 
welfare
immigrants
Europe
JEL: 
I38
J61
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Document Type: 
Working Paper

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