Generous to Workers ≠ Generous to All: Implications of European Unemployment Benefit Systems for the Social Protection of Immigrants
| Autor: | Lutz Gschwind |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Labour economics
unemployment social welfare programs EU-SILC 2004-2017 Sociology and Political Science European Politics Sozialleistung media_common.quotation_subject Politikwissenschaft Immigration social benefits Arbeitslosenunterstützung Arbeitslosigkeit politische Ökonomie Europapolitik migration Social Security political economy Wohlfahrtsstaat Argument Political science 0502 economics and business 050602 political science & public administration soziale Sicherung 050207 economics European Policy Migration Sociology of Migration Social sciences sociology anthropology unemployment compensation media_common Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie Statsvetenskap 05 social sciences 0506 political science Social protection Unemployment ddc:320 ddc:300 EU welfare state |
| Zdroj: | Comparative political studies |
| Popis: | Record-high levels of international migration both toward and across Europe have recently given rise to a new body of research on the social protection of immigrants. A recurring argument in this literature maintains that migrants are generally more likely to gain access to social benefits in generous welfare states. The article offers a critical review of this hypothesis with a focus on unemployment benefit provision. The tides of European welfare politics have produced a set of systems in the past which are today highly stratified on the basis of employment. This mechanism generates a considerable benefit gap in reference to migration, especially for those who arrived to their country of residency only recently. Empirical analyses with micro-level data for 14 Western European countries provide supporting evidence for this argument. The findings indicate a negative relationship between generosity and social protection which has not been accounted for in previous research. |
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