Musn't Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany

Jonathan Wadsworth

No 548, SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research from DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP)

Abstract: A rise in population caused by increased immigration, is sometimes accompanied by concerns that the increase in population puts additional or differential pressure on welfare services which might affect the net fiscal contribution of immigrants. The UK and Germany have experienced significant increases in immigration in recent years. This study uses longitudinal data from both countries to examine whether immigrants differ in their use of health services compared to native born individuals, both on arrival and over time. While immigrants to Germany, but not the UK, are more likely to self-report poor health than the native-born population, the samples of immigrants in both countries use hospital and GP services at broadly the same rate as the native born populations. Controls for observed and unobserved differences between immigrants and native-born sample populations make little difference to these broad findings.

Keywords: Immigration; Health; Health Service (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H0 J0 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 34 p.
Date: 2013
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Journal Article: Mustn't Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany (2013)
Working Paper: Musn't Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany (2012)
Working Paper: Mustn't grumble: immigration, health and health service use in the UK and Germany (2012)
Working Paper: Musn't Grumble: Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany (2012)
Working Paper: Musn’t Grumble. Immigration, Health and Health Service Use in the UK and Germany (2012)
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