The impact of welfare benefits on natives' and immigrants' attitudes towards immigration : background paper for "migration in an ageing Europe: what are the challenges?"

authors: Peter Huber, Doris Oberdabernig

We investigate whether the dependence of immigrants on welfare benefits leads to opposition to further immigration by natives and immigrants in a pooled cross-section of 21 European countries for the 2004-2010 period. Explicitly controlling for the dependence of immigrants and natives on benefits we find that higher benefit take-up rates among immigrants than among natives lead to less favourable attitudes of natives towards immigration. Interestingly, we do not find similar stylised facts for immigrants' attitudes towards immigration.

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Year of publication:	2015
Authors:	Huber, Peter ; Oberdabernig, Doris A.
Publisher:	Vienna : WWWforEurope
Subject:	immigration \| welfare state \| migration attitudes \| Einwanderung \| Immigration \| Migranten \| Migrants \| Sozialstaat \| Welfare state \| Internationale Migration \| International migration \| EU-Staaten \| EU countries \| Öffentliche Sozialleistungen \| Social security benefits \| Migrationspolitik \| Immigration policy \| Meinung \| Opinion \| Alternde Bevölkerung \| Aging population \| Arbeitsmigranten \| Migrant workers \| Europa \| Europe

Extent:	Online-Ressource ([1], 50 S.)
Series:	Working paper / WWWforEurope WelfareWealthWork. - Vienna : [Verlag nicht ermittelbar], ZDB-ID 2798217-8. - Vol. 82
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Type of publication (narrower categories):	Arbeitspapier ; Working Paper ; Graue Literatur ; Non-commercial literature
Language:	English
Other identifiers:	hdl:10419/125738 [Handle]
Classification:	F22 - International Migration ; J15 - Economics of Minorities and Races ; H53 - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs ; I38 - Government Policy; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

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