data set, LINDA, for the years 1990 to 1996. Both welfare expenditures and immigration increased substantially in Sweden in …This paper analyses differences in welfare utilization between immigrants and natives in Sweden using a large panel … the 1990's. We find that immigrants use welfare to a greater extent than natives and that non-refugee immigrants utilize …

. This study evaluates the causes of this phenomenon and tests for the effects of assimilation, cohort, age at migration, and … household social assistance dependence. Assimilation and age at migration increase the probability of social assistance … dependence. In addition, the labour force status of the household head has different effects for native and immigrant welfare …

result in highly restrictive immigration policies. Promoting integration of migrants into the host country would go a long … economic assimilation of immigrants, somewhat less attention has been devoted to other - and equally crucial - dimensions of … migrants’ integration, namely the process of social assimilation. The aim of this paper is to take a close look at migrants …

hostility to immigration from ethnically distinct populations. Furthermore, there is evidence that welfare and labour market … about the welfare system, are often believed to manifest themselves in hostile attitudes towards population groups that are … considered to be competitors for these resources. The question of how attitudes of majority populations towards immigration are …

and local language are very high, but imported skills have zero (conditional) return. Furthermore, the welfare gain from …

. Immigrants are less likely to remain employed in consecutive years than natives are and are more likely to stay on welfare and to …-refugee countries display a similar degree of ‘structural’ state dependence as natives. The high welfare participation rates among … refugee immigrants seem to be due to the existence of a ‘welfare trap’, while participation among natives and non …

policies in deterring asylum seekers. The paper concludes with an outline of the assimilation of refugees in host country … from non-English speaking backgrounds. All immigrants experience wage assimilation as time spent in Australia increases. …