National Origin and Immigrant Welfare Recipiency / George J. Borjas, Stephen J. Trejo.

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Borjas, George J

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TextSeries: Working Paper Series (National Bureau of Economic Research) ; no. w4029.Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. National Bureau of Economic Research 1992.Description: 1 online resource: illustrations (black and white)Subject(s):

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Abstract: This paper explores national origin differences in the welfare recipiency of immigrantsAbstract: to the United States. We develop an economic model of immigration which generatesAbstract: implications about how welfare utilization should vary according to characteristics of theAbstract: country of origin. The empirical analysis reveals that a few source country characteristicsAbstract: explain over two-thirds of the variance of welfare recipiency rates across national originAbstract: groups, and changes in the average source country characteristics of the foreign-bornAbstract: population between 1970 and 1980 can account for most of the rise in immigrant welfare use that occurred over the decade.

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March 1992.

This paper explores national origin differences in the welfare recipiency of immigrants

to the United States. We develop an economic model of immigration which generates

implications about how welfare utilization should vary according to characteristics of the

country of origin. The empirical analysis reveals that a few source country characteristics

explain over two-thirds of the variance of welfare recipiency rates across national origin

groups, and changes in the average source country characteristics of the foreign-born

population between 1970 and 1980 can account for most of the rise in immigrant welfare use that occurred over the decade.