Carpentier, Sarah
[UCL]
Neels, Karel
[University of Antwerp]
Van den Bosch, Karel
[University of Antwerp]
In many European countries, migrants are overrepresented in social assistance. In Belgium, at least 70% of social assistance beneficiaries are first- or second-generation migrants, as natives are often eligible for a social insurance benefit. Lower exit rates among migrants relative to natives could raise concern about the labour market inclusion of beneficiaries, as well as the financial sustainability and solidarity basis of the welfare state. This paper analyses whether migrants remain longer in social assistance than natives and whether migrants vary in their timing of exit by migration-history characteristics. We use longitudinal data from the social assistance administration linked to other administrative sources, including detailed information about migration histories of migrants. Using event history analysis, we track the exits from social assistance for 22,620 beneficiaries in the period June 2005–December 2009. We find that migrants have substantially longer median durations than natives. Controlling for socio-demographic characteristics, benefit and work histories, we find that most migrant groups have (slightly) lower exit rates than natives. Asylum seekers stay substantially longer in social assistance whereas migrants with longer durations of residence have shorter benefit periods than recent migrants. Second-generation migrants do not stay longer in social assistance than natives.
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Bibliographic reference |
Carpentier, Sarah ; Neels, Karel ; Van den Bosch, Karel. Do First- and Second-Generation Migrants Stay Longer in Social Assistance Than Natives in Belgium?. In: Journal of International Migration and Integration, Vol. 18, no.4, p. 1167-1190 |
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