Immigrants and welfare programmes: exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence, and welfare policy

Barrett, Alan; McCarthy, Yvonne

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“…2 1 For a broad review of the literature on immigration and welfare, see Barrett and McCarthy (2008). 2 In conducting this analysis, we are updating work by Brücker et al (2002) in which data from 1996 to 1998 was used.…”

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Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe

Barrett

Maître

2013

International Journal of Manpower

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Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe

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Maître

2013

International Journal of Manpower

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“…Bratsberg, Raaum, and Roed (2007) show that migrants in Norway are net users of the welfare state, with adverse consequences on their labour market performance. A very different finding is documented in Barrett and McCarthy (2008) and Barrett and McCarthy (2007) for Ireland, where it is shown that, after controlling for a large set of observable characteristics, migrants use the welfare state significantly less than natives.…”

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The use of welfare by migrants in Italy

Pellizzari

2013

International Journal of Manpower

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“…It is in their personal interest to limit the number of competitors in the labor market and the welfare state (Malchow-Moller et al 2008). Migrants compete particularly with economically vulnerable natives in the labor market as well as in the realm of the welfare state, because compared to natives they have lower labor market resources and a stronger dependency on welfare benefits (Brücker et al 2002;Barret and McCarthy 2008). Hence, economically vulnerable natives may support restrictive immigration policies because they think that immigration deteriorates their economic opportunities and entitlements.…”

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Support for restrictive immigration policies in the European Union 2002–2013: the impact of economic strain and ethnic threat for vulnerable economic groups

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Testing propositions from ethnic competition theory, we examine contextual and individual determinants of support for restrictive immigration policies in 26 European Union member states between 2002 and 2013, a period characterized by enduring economic downturn. We hypothesize that natives in vulnerable economic positions, similar to many migrants, are more restrictive toward immigration, because they perceive more economic strain and more ethnic threat. We expect that natives are more restrictive in times of economic decline -when national unemployment rates and debts increase -especially those who hold similar economic positions as many migrants. We enriched European Social Survey data (2002)(2003)(2004)(2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013), containing more than 210,000 respondents) with cross-national data on the economic situation. We indeed find that support for immigration restrictiveness is higher among natives in more vulnerable socio-economic positions. They perceive more economic strain, which is directly related to restrictiveness. But economic strain also increases perceptions of ethnic threat, which is strongly related to restrictiveness. We do, however, not find strong empirical evidence that economic decline more strongly affects support for restrictive immigration policies among vulnerable economic groups. Stronger changes in national debts induce more restrictiveness among the full population, but especially among those who perceive more economic strain and more ethnic threat.

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Immigrants and welfare programmes: exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence, and welfare policy

Cited by 97 publications

References 16 publications

Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe

Immigrant welfare receipt across Europe

The use of welfare by migrants in Italy

Support for restrictive immigration policies in the European Union 2002–2013: the impact of economic strain and ethnic threat for vulnerable economic groups

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