. Similarly, if immigration status does not prevent welfare usage for certain immigrants, then ceteris paribus, we do not expect … results. -- Immigrants ; welfare ; welfare reform ; immigrant status …The study of welfare participation in the U.S. prior to the 1996 welfare reform act and even afterward has focused on …

.S territories seem to be more inclined to welfare usage in comparison to US born White women. -- welfare usage ; women ; immigrants … to use welfare, it becomes useful to consider welfare usage among women. A-priori welfare programs are set up in such a … way that welfare usage should be based primarily on economic needs and health concerns. However, it is possible that an …

do not exercise. This study investigates the effects of welfare reform in the U.S. in the 1990s on voting of low income … through 2004 and exploiting changes in welfare policy across states and over time, we estimate the causal effects of welfare … reform on women's voting registration and voting participation during the period during which welfare reform unfolded. We …

development. The identification strategy exploits an important feature of the U.S.'s welfare work requirement rules - namely, age …-of-youngest-child exemptions - as a source of quasi-experimental variation in maternal employment. The 1996 welfare reform law empowered states to …

This paper examines ethnicity among highly skilled immigrants to the United States. The paper focuses on five classic …) Highly skilled immigrants are mostly male; they are not immune from lapsing into illegality; they have a shorter visa process … skilled immigrants are more likely to "think in dollars" than their cohortmates. Further work is taking a deeper look at these …

local labor market conditions in explaining declines in the welfare participation trends of immigrants and reductions in the … that immigrants' participation in welfare declined more rapidly than natives' during the latter half of the decade. Our … reform decrease among immigrants, with immigrant welfare utilization being sensitive to changes in both employment and …

Immigrants in many countries have lower employment rates and lower earnings than natives. In this paper, we ask whether … a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two … after eight years of residency in Germany, while adults faced a 15-year residency requirement. Since 2000, all immigrants …