Healthcare assimilation of immigrants

Catia Batista and Ana Beatriz Gomes

NOVAFRICA Working Paper Series from Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Nova School of Business and Economics, NOVAFRICA

Abstract: Full access to healthcare is an important driver of immigrant integration. Existing literature shows that there are multiple de facto barriers for migrants to access healthcare even when they are legally entitled to them. This paper examines how time since arrival impacts immigrants access to healthcare, a novel research question adding to the existing literature on migrant assimilation. We use survey data collected from about 800 Cape Verdean immigrants in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area. The findings show that immigrants do assimilate in terms of access to healthcare. These results are robust when controlling for sample selection.

Keywords: Migration; Integration; Assimilation; Healthcare; Cape Verde; Portugal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 I15 J61 O15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 42 pages
Date: 2022
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-hea, nep-int, nep-mig and nep-ure
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