Elderly Immigrants on Welfare

Hu, Wei-Yin

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“…Previous research has compared the take-up rate of migrant groups and natives (Hansen and Lofstrom, 2003;Castronova, et al, 2001;Hu, 1998;Borjas, 2002;Hao and Kawano, 2001;Currie, 2000) and among different migrant groups (Borjas and Hilton, 1996; Davies and Greenwood, 1997; Davies, 1997;de Silva, 1997). Currie (2004) concludes that while migrants are more likely to be eligible for welfare, they are less likely to take it up, other things being equal.…”

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“…"The types of benefits received by earlier immigrants influence the types of benefits received by newly arrived immigrants" (Borjas and Hilton, 1996;Hao, 2001). Hu (1998) established a connection between the economic cycle, migrants' age and their welfare participation. He concluded that in the 1980s, migrants who arrived after age 55 were more likely to use welfare than typical migrants who arrived during their prime working years.…”

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Migration and Social Protection in China

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“…Schmidt 1995, Bauer and Zimmermann 1997, Schoeni 1998, or Chiswick et al 1997 2 See e.g. Baker and Benjamin 1995, Hu 1998, Borjas and Hilton 1996, Riphahn 1998 The population share of immigrants in Germany grew from 1 percent in the 1950s to about 10 percent t o d a y; similarly, immigrants made up more than 10 percent of the 1990 population in countries such as Canada, Australia, or France Segal 1993. 1 for her completed fertility. What matters is the numberof fertile years spent in the receiving country.…”

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Fertility assimilation of immigrants: Evidence from count data models

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Riphahn

2000

Journal of Population Economics

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. Terms of use: Documents in Fertility Assimilation of Immigrants: Evidence from Count Data ModelsJochen Mayer Regina T. Riphahn The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent, nonprofit limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) supported by the Deutsche Post AG. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. The current research program deals with (1) mobility and flexibility of labor markets, (2) internationalization of labor markets and European integration, (3) the welfare state and labor markets, (4) labor markets in transition, (5) the future of work, and (6) general labor economics. D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. This study applies count data estimation techniques to investigate the fertility adjustment of immigrants in the destination country. Data on completed fertility are taken from the 1996 wave of the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP). While the economic literature stresses the role of prices and incomes as determinants of fertility, the demographic literature discusses whether assimilation or disruption effects dominate immigrants' fertility after migration. We find evidence in favor of the assimilation model according to which immigrant fertility converges to native levels over time. In addition, we confirm the negative impact of female human capital on fertility outcomes.JEL Classification: C25, J13, J61

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“…Jensen 1988, Maani 1993, Khoo 1994, Gustman & Steinmeier 1998, Riphahn 1998, Hu 1998 2 , but neglects the other side of the cost-benefit calculation, i.e., tax and social security contributions. The question of whether immigrants--or specific subgroups of the immigrant population--tend to enrich or burden the native-born population is an important one .…”

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Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany ?Relative income position, income portfolio, and redistribution effects

Büchel

Frick

2004

J Popul Econ

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Standard-Nutzungsbedingungen:Die Dokumente auf EconStor dürfen zu eigenen wissenschaftlichen Zwecken und zum Privatgebrauch gespeichert und kopiert werden.Sie dürfen die Dokumente nicht für öffentliche oder kommerzielle Zwecke vervielfältigen, öffentlich ausstellen, öffentlich zugänglich machen, vertreiben oder anderweitig nutzen.Sofern die Verfasser die Dokumente unter Open-Content-Lizenzen (insbesondere CC-Lizenzen) zur Verfügung gestellt haben sollten, gelten abweichend von diesen Nutzungsbedingungen die in der dort genannten Lizenz gewährten Nutzungsrechte. The Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in Bonn is a local and virtual international research center and a place of communication between science, politics and business. IZA is an independent, nonprofit limited liability company (Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) supported by the Deutsche Post AG. The center is associated with the University of Bonn and offers a stimulating research environment through its research networks, research support, and visitors and doctoral programs. IZA engages in (i) original and internationally competitive research in all fields of labor economics, (ii) development of policy concepts, and (iii) dissemination of research results and concepts to the interested public. The current research program deals with (1) mobility and flexibility of labor, (2) internationalization of labor markets, (3) welfare state and labor market, (4) labor markets in transition countries, (5) the future of labor, (6) evaluation of labor market policies and projects and (7) general labor economics. Terms of use: Documents in D I S C U S S I O N P A P E R S E R I E SIZA Discussion Papers often represent preliminary work and are circulated to encourage discussion. Citation of such a paper should account for its provisional character. A revised version may be available on the IZA website (www.iza.org) or directly from the author. Based on data from the BHPS and the GSOEP, we analyse the economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany, as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations. Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category, we find that, as a whole, the non-indigenous population in the UK fares much better than the immigrant population in Germany. However, the range of economic performance across different ethnic groups in the UK is much larger than that in Germany. The German corporatist welfare system is characterised by much stronger redistribution effects than the liberal UK one. Consequently, the relatively low-performing immigrant population in Germany profits more from the redistribution system than immigrants with similar socio-economic attributes in the UK.JEL Classification: J15, J18, D31

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Elderly Immigrants on Welfare

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Why Do Migrant Workers Not Participate in Urban Social Security Schemes? The Case of the Construction and Service Sectors in Tianjin

Why Do Migrant Workers Not Participate in Urban Social Security Schemes? The Case of the Construction and Service Sectors in Tianjin

Fertility assimilation of immigrants: Evidence from count data models

Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany ?Relative income position, income portfolio, and redistribution effects

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