EU citizenship and social solidarity

Mantu, S.A.; Minderhoud, P.E.

doi:10.1177/1023263x17741271

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“…EU citizens are broadly entitled to UB II in Germany under the Freedom of Movement Law (FreizügG/EU), a German national law derived from EU-level directives. There are some conditions upon recipiency: EU citizens cannot claim social security benefits for their first 3 months in Germany, as they are not permitted to enter Germany with the purpose of claiming social benefits (Mantu and Minderhoud, 2017). To become eligible, they must either work and contribute to the social security system for at least 1 year or reside in Germany for at least 5 years.…”

Section: Germany's Welfare Regimementioning

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Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

Frank

2022

Front. Sociol.

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While recent literature in Germany has compared predictors of welfare use between EU and non-EU immigrants, refugees have yet to be added to the analysis. Using survey data of approximately 4,000 immigrants living in Germany, I examine the determinants of basic unemployment benefits receipt for intra-EU immigrants, refugees, and third country immigrants. In particular, I investigate how education affects the likelihood of welfare use for each immigrant group. Even after controlling for human capital factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and factors related to migration such as legal status and age at migration, refugees remain significantly more likely to receive benefits. Results demonstrate that higher education significantly decreases the likelihood of welfare receipt for EU and third country immigrants, but much less so for refugees. These findings may indicate that refugees' education is not being used to its full potential in the labor market or that they face additional challenges hindering their labor market integration. A further and unanticipated finding is that immigrants who hold permanent residency or German citizenship are less likely to receive unemployment benefits, pointing either to positive effects of a secure residency or selection into permanent residency and citizenship among those with the greatest labor market success. Overall, this research shows that challenges beyond human capital deficiencies and sociodemographic characteristics must be considered when studying immigrants' receipt of social benefits, that not all educational credentials are valued equally, and that the experiences of refugees differ in significant ways from those of other immigrant groups.

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Section: Germany's Welfare Regimementioning

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Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

Frank

2022

Front. Sociol.

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“…33 Case C-299/14 Garcia-Nieto, EU:C:2016:114. 34 Verschueren 2015; Mantu and Minderhoud 2017. decision has been interpreted as stating that by (simply) asking for a social benefit Ms Dano showed that she had no resources and therefore failed to meet the requirements of Article 7 Directive 2004/38, meaning that the only economically inactive EU citizens who can ask for social assistance from their host state are those who have sufficient resources of their own and are not in need of assistance. 35 Moreover, the Court's position in Dano suggests that resources mean financial resources, excluding benefits in kind that are exchanged outside the marketplace (e.g.…”

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Women as EU Citizens: Caught between Work, (Sufficient) Resources, and the Market

Mantu¹

2021

Money Matters in Migration

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“…1 Overall, economic immigrant selection in Germany takes place more subtly. EU citizens are usually not allowed to enter Germany in order to claim social welfare (Mantu and Minderhoud, 2017). 2 Rather, they have to earn their livelihood through (self-)employment or receive financial support from private sources (family, savings).…”

Section: Legal Statuses Of Immigrants In Germany: Differential Regulamentioning

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Initial employment pathways of immigrants in Germany. Why legal contexts of reception matter – an analysis of life-course data

Söhn¹

2019

Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research

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This article investigates the impact of legal status on economic integration opportunities after immigrants arrive in Germany. Those coming from European Union (EU) countries experience a legal context of reception quite distinct from those from outside the EU, i.e. third-country nationals. Of these third-country nationals, asylum-seekers are particularly vulnerable as long as their legal status is unresolved. The empirical analysis (National Educational Panel Study) of longitudinal employment patterns studies persons who moved to Germany as adults between 1964 and 2003. Results show that, while EU nationals had the highest likelihood of entering high-status occupations immediately after arrival, a large proportion of refugees persistently faced difficulties in entering the labour force or at most slowly gained access to unskilled jobs. By contrast, politically privileged ethnic German resettlers (Aussiedler), though experiencing initial unemployment similar to refugees, managed to transition into employment fairly fast. Other third-country nationals are situated between resettlers and EU nationals. Ré sumé Cet article étudie l'impact du statut légal sur les opportunités d'intégration économique qui s'offrent aux immigrés après leur arrivée en Allemagne. Les immigrés provenant des pays de l'Union européenne (UE) se trouvent dans un contexte juridique de réception très différent de celui que connaissent les personnes originaires de l'extérieur de l'UE, c'est-à-dire les ressortissants de pays tiers. Parmi ces ressortissants de pays tiers, les demandeurs d'asile sont particulièrement vulnérables aussi longtemps que leur statut juridique n'est pas clarifié. L'analyse empirique (National Educational Panel Study) des schémas d'emplois longitudinaux porte sur des personnes arrivées en Allemagne à l'âge adulte entre 1964 et 2003. Les résultats montrent que si les ressortissants de l'UE bénéficient de la probabilité la plus élevée d'obtenir un emploi relevant d'un statut élevé immédiatement après leur arrivée, une proportion importante de réfugiés continuent

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EU citizenship and social solidarity

Cited by 19 publications

References 3 publications

Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany

Women as EU Citizens: Caught between Work, (Sufficient) Resources, and the Market

Initial employment pathways of immigrants in Germany. Why legal contexts of reception matter – an analysis of life-course data

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