Determinants of welfare benefit use of immigrant groups - longitudinal evidence from Germany.

ABSTRACT: While recent literature in Germany has compared predictors of welfare use between EU and non-EU immigrants, refugees have yet to be added to the analysis. Using survey data of approximately 4,000 immigrants living in Germany, I examine the determinants of basic unemployment benefits receipt for intra-EU immigrants, refugees, and third country immigrants. In particular, I investigate how education affects the likelihood of welfare use for each immigrant group. Even after controlling for human capital factors, sociodemographic characteristics, and factors related to migration such as legal status and age at migration, refugees remain significantly more likely to receive benefits. Results demonstrate that higher education significantly decreases the likelihood of welfare receipt for EU and th

SUBMITTER: Frank E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9672685 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature