Elderly immigrants on welfare.
The difference between immigrants' and natives' use of welfare programs is concentrated among the elderly. This paper examines the determinants of immigrants' welfare participation decisions to evaluate the consequences of changes in immigration and welfare policy. An important finding for immigra...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Human Resources Vol. 33; no. 3; pp. 711 - 742 |
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University of Wisconsin Press
Summer98
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