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Does immigration weaken natives' support for the welfare state? : evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

Using data from the 1997 and 2002 waves of the German Socio-Economic Panel and from official statistics, I study whether natives are less supportive of state help for the unemployed in regions where the share of foreigners among the unemployed is high. Unlike previous studies, I use...

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Can immigrants ever earn as much as native workers? : immigrants initially earn less than natives; the wage gap falls over time, but for many immigrant groups it never closes

Anderson, Kathryn H. - 2015

Immigrants contribute to the economic development of the host country, but they earn less at entry and it takes many years for them to achieve parity of income. For some immigrant groups, the wage gap never closes. There is a wide variation across countries in the entry wage gap and the speed of...

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The immigrant welfare effect : take-up or eligibility?

Castronova, Edward (contributor) - 1999

for which they are eligible? The answer is politically important, but because most current research on immigration and …

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Does Immigration Weaken Natives' Support for the Welfare State? Evidence from Germany

Stichnoth, Holger - 2010

among the unemployed is high. The effect of immigration or ethnic diversity in general on the political support for the … effect. Also, the effect of immigration on support for redistribution has not been studied for Germany - Europe's largest … country of immigration in terms of absolute numbers - before. Finally, similar to the influential study by Luttmer (2001), I …

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