Immigrant use of public assistance and mode of entry: Demographics versus dependence |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Miami, United States;2. Ohio State University, United States;1. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland;2. School of Sociology, Research School of Social Sciences, College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia;1. Graduate School of Management, NUCB Business School, Japan;2. Department of Psychology, Keimyung University, South Korea;3. College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Zayed University, United Arab Emirates;1. Department of Psychology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;2. Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics, Prevention Research Center, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan, USA;3. Guangxi Center for Diseases Control and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, China;4. Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA;1. Division of Social Science, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong;2. Department of Applied Social Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong |
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| Abstract: | A view that gained momentum in the 1990s, and which is sustained by some policy analysts and labor economists today, is that dependence on public assistance is greater for immigrants than for natives. Accordingly, this study investigates nativity differentials in the use of nine assistance programs, focusing on immigrant arrival cohorts within three distinct mode-of-entry proxy categories. The logistic regression analysis uses data from the 2013 CPS March supplement. To permit more nuanced interpretation, control variables are introduced hierarchically in a three-stage analysis. One new finding is that each of the three major regional-origin groups within the 1980–1995 refugee cohort—with an average length of residence exceeding two decades—sustains greater use of either SSI or Medicaid than natives. The study concludes that nativity differences in the use of public assistance continue to rest on the socio-demographic composition of three distinct populations, determined by mode of entry into the U.S. |
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| Keywords: | Immigrants Public assistance Dependency Disability Refugees SSI |
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