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

major immigration reforms in Germany, a country with a relatively weak record of immigrant assimilation. For identification …

The cultural assimilation of immigrants into the host society is often equated with prospects for economic success …, with religion seen as a potential barrier. We investigate the role of ethnic enclaves and churches for the assimilation of …. The former sought the preservation of Danish culture and tradition, while the latter encouraged assimilation. We use data …

This paper uses data from the 1980 and 1990 U.S. Censuses to study labor market assimilation of self …

A history of the New Zealand immigration experience and policy is reviewed in this paper. Data from the 1981 and 1996 …

The labor market "quality" of immigrants is a subject of debate among immigration researchers, and a major public … in the immigration flows from different countries, sampling error, and the effects of emigration – is fundamentally …

disproportionately incarcerated. The perception that immigration adversely affects crime rates led to legislation in the 1990s that …