Poverty dynamics and the ability of the Italian welfare system to reduce poverty are investigated by using the 1991 …

Government’s long‐term aim is to build on this experience and create a “work‐based welfare state” for all those of working age …

part of the Labour Government's package of welfare‐to‐work policies. Topics covered include estimates of their overall …

Purpose – In this paper, the authors aim to assess whether immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments … little evidence that immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments when all payments are considered together. This … counter to what seems to be a popular perception, namely, that immigrants are intensive users of welfare. Hence, attitudes may …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare the rates of receipt of welfare for immigrants and natives in Ireland … welfare. Design/methodology/approach – The authors use micro‐data from the Irish component European Union Survey on Income and … years preceding the recession, immigrants were less likely to be in receipt of welfare payments, whether one looks at …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the issue of welfare use by migrants in Italy and overcome the … limitations of previous studies related to the quality of the data and to the high level of fragmentation of the Italian welfare … controlling for observable characteristics, migrants from outside the EU are more likely to apply for welfare. Once individual and …

Purpose – Much of the literature on immigrants’ cash‐welfare benefits use has focused on countries with a large … tradition of receiving immigrants and with well‐established welfare states. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to this … literature by analyzing differences in cash‐welfare benefits receipt between immigrants and natives and their determinants in …