-going implementation of the type of criteria introduced in 2004. -- Ireland ; immigrants ; welfare …Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent … to which immigrants can receive welfare payments. In this paper, we compare the rates of receipt of welfare for …

Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent … to which immigrants can receive welfare payments. In this paper, we compare the rates of receipt of welfare for … find lower rates of welfare receipt among immigrants. While the numbers of immigrants claiming unemployment …

We evaluate the individual employment effects of four types of short-term training for immigrants and natives in the … German welfare system and identify differences in the effects determined by unobservable factors. Based on comprehensive and … training increase the employment chances of immigrants, whereas the other two are rather ineffective. Effect differences …

The issue of welfare receipt by immigrants is highly controversial across Europe. In this paper, we assess whether … immigrants are more likely to receive welfare payments relative to natives across a range of European countries. Using the … European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions for 2007, we find very little evidence that immigrants are indeed more …

welfare recipients in Germany. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between both groups and what might … cause these potential differences. In a first step, we evaluate program effects separately for immigrants and natives using …

Social assistance receipt among immigrants in relation to receipt among natives in Sweden is investigated. A background … is not the entire story. Immigrants tend to assimilate out of social assistance receipt. However, receipt continues to be … higher than among in several characteristics identical natives many years after immigration among immigrants from not rich …

immigrant welfare recipients. In particular, we investigate whether program effects differ between immigrants and natives and … effects are more adverse for natives, but the program does not help otherwise identical immigrants to leave the welfare system …We evaluate the effects of the most frequently used German welfare-to-work program on the employment chances of …

Since 2004, Ireland has included in its system of social welfare payments criteria for receipt which limit the extent … to which immigrants can receive welfare payments. In this paper, we compare the rates of receipt of welfare for … find lower rates of welfare receipt among immigrants. While the numbers of immigrants claiming unemployment …

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. This paper contributes to this literature by analyzing … differences in cash-welfare benefits receipt between immigrants and natives and their determinants in Spain, a country with: (1) a …

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. This paper contributes to this literature by analyzing … differences in cash-welfare benefits receipt between immigrants and natives and their determinants in Spain, a country with: (1) a …