Riphahn RT, Wunder C (2013)
Publication Language: English
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2013
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
City/Town: Nuremberg
Book Volume: 59
Pages Range: 437-459
Journal Issue: 3
URI: http://www.laser.uni-erlangen.de/papers/paper/128.pdf
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00518.x
This paper studies the patterns of welfare dependence among first generation immigrants and natives in Germany before and after a substantial recent reform of the welfare system. We describe the system of minimum income protection and explain the changes introduced by the reform. Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study, the analysis presents life cycle trajectories of transfer receipt for immigrants and natives, and studies the correlation between contextual factors and transfer receipt. We find no statistically significant differences in the probability of transfer receipt between immigrants and natives once socioeconomic characteristics are taken into account. Being a single parent, labor market status, and human capital are most closely correlated with the incidence of transfer receipt for both natives and immigrants. Recent welfare reforms increased the recipiency rates among natives and immigrants but did not reverse prior patterns of welfare dependence.
APA:
Riphahn, R.T., & Wunder, C. (2013). Patterns of Welfare Dependence Before and After a Reform: Evidence from First Generation Immigrants and Natives in Germany. Review of Income and Wealth, 59(3), 437-459. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-4991.2012.00518.x
MLA:
Riphahn, Regina Therese, and Christoph Wunder. "Patterns of Welfare Dependence Before and After a Reform: Evidence from First Generation Immigrants and Natives in Germany." Review of Income and Wealth 59.3 (2013): 437-459.
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