This paper studies the effects of immigration on health. We merge information on individual characteristics from the … component of the data to analyse how immigration affects the health of both immigrants and natives over time. Upon their arrival …, immigrants are found to be healthier than the natives (healthy immigrant effect), but their health deteriorates over time spent …

longitudinal data from both countries to examine whether immigrants differ in their use of health services compared to native born … health than the native-born population, the samples of immigrants in both countries use hospital and GP services at broadly …