Immigrants and the public sector budget - accounting exercises for Sweden

Torun Österberg () and Björn Gustafsson ()
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Torun Österberg: Department of Social Work, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 720, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden
Björn Gustafsson: Department of Social Work, University of Göteborg, P.O. Box 720, 405 30 Göteborg, Sweden

Journal of Population Economics, 2001, vol. 14, issue 4, 689-708

Abstract: Net contributions to the public sector budget in Sweden are investigated using large samples of foreign born and native born. The accounts build on various assumptions including that expenditures on public consumption are allocated according to the age of the person. The results indicate that during the period 1983 to 1992 net contributions of immigrants deteriorated. Upon arrival to Sweden, immigrants on average place a burden on the public sector budget but after a few years this no longer applies. Refugees initially put a larger burden on the public sector budget than other immigrants, but such a difference declines with years since immigration.

Keywords: Immigration; employment; age structure; public sector (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F22 H5 J15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001-12-21
Note: Received: 11 March 1998/Accepted: 31 May 2000
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