Immigrants and welfare programmes: Exploring the interactions between immigrant characteristics, immigrant welfare dependence, and welfare policy

Oxford Review of Economic Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 543-560

  Barrett, Alan ^a   McCarthy, Yvonne ^b  

^a ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b CENTRAL BANK OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Immigrants; Ireland; UK; Welfare participation

Indexed keywords

IMMIGRANT; IMMIGRATION POLICY; INCENTIVE; WELFARE PROVISION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; IRELAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 58449092378     PISSN: 0266903X     EISSN: 14602121     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxrep/grn026     Document Type: Review

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