<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Immigration is one of the heavily discussed subjects in modern academic and political debate. In recent decades, fiscal effects of international migration remained the centre of interest. The goal of this paper is to review and synthesise the available literature, devoted to the relationship between immigration and welfare systems, in order to present the state of the art in this area and draw conclusions for further research. Despite extensive literature, it is difficult to find an unambiguous answer to the question, whether immigrants are a burden or an asset to the state with redistributive policies. Moreover, some of the assumptions and approaches widely used in presented articles appear too simplistic or even unfounded.</p></abstract>

Immigration is one of the heavily discussed subjects in modern academic and political debate. In recent decades, fiscal effects of international migration remained the centre of interest. The goal of this paper is to review and synthesise the available literature, devoted to the relationship between immigration and welfare systems, in order to present the state of the art in this area and draw conclusions for further research. Despite extensive literature, it is difficult to find an unambiguous answer to the question, whether immigrants are a burden or an asset to the state with redistributive policies. Moreover, some of the assumptions and approaches widely used in presented articles appear too simplistic or even unfounded.

Migration and Welfare Systems – State of the Art and Research Challenges

Central European Economic Journal

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Immigration is one of the heavily discussed subjects in modern academic and political debate. In recent decades, fiscal effects of international migration...

Migration and Welfare Systems – State of the Art and Research Challenges

Published Online: Sep 30, 2017

Page range: 51 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ceej-2017-0004

Keywords
immigration, welfare systems, benefits

© 2017 I. Jakubiak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Migration and Welfare Systems – State of the Art and Research Challenges

Published Online: Sep 30, 2017

Page range: 51 - 70

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/ceej-2017-0004

Keywordsimmigration, welfare systems, benefits

© 2017 I. Jakubiak, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
immigration, welfare systems, benefits