Immigrants on Welfare: Assimilation and Benefit Substitution

Tyra Ekhaugen ()
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Tyra Ekhaugen: The Ragnar Frisch Centre for Economic Research, Postal: Gaustadalléen 21, 0349 Oslo, Norway

No 18/2005, Memorandum from Oslo University, Department of Economics

Abstract: Non-western immigrants in Norway are shown to rely heavily on welfare transfers for several years after immigration. While refugee immigrants assimilate slightly out of welfare, other non-western immigrants assimilate rapidly into welfare. Re-migration is selective for both non-western and western immigrants, insofar as the probability of re-migration correlates negatively with the probability of receiving welfare. We argue that previous studies may have reached biased estimates of welfare assimilation, both because they have disregarded the possibility of selective re-migration, and because they have focused only on social assistance, not taking into account the possibility of benefit substitution.

Keywords: immigrants; immigration; re-migration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 J61 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 35 pages
Date: 2005-07-25
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