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Lagging behind in good times: immigrants and the increased dependence on social assistance in Sweden

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Mood C. Lagging behind in good times: immigrants and the increased dependence on social assistance in Sweden Int J Soc Welfare 2011: 20: 55–65 © 2009 The Author, Journal compilation © 2009 Blackwell Publishing Ltd and the International Journal of Social Welfare. After the 1990s recession in Sweden, social assistance (SA) recipiency decreased to levels that were clearly lower than before the recession. However, this decrease masked a strong polarisation: the number of short‐term recipients fell, but the number of long‐term recipients was higher than before the recession. This article shows how SA recipiency and dependence changed over a whole economic cycle in Sweden's largest city, Stockholm, and asks whether the increasing dependence can be explained by immigration. It is shown that the relative increase of long‐term SA is similar among immigrants and native‐born, but decomposition analysis reveals that the increase among native‐born is of minor importance for the overall increase. Nearly half the increase can be attributed instead to the increased representation of immigrants in the population, and another 38 per cent to increased dependence among immigrants. Only 15 per cent of the total increase in long‐term SA is a result of increased dependence among native‐born.

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  • Carina Mood, 2011. "Lagging behind in good times: immigrants and the increased dependence on social assistance in Sweden," International Journal of Social Welfare, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 20(1), pages 55-65, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:wly:injsow:v:20:y:2011:i:1:p:55-65
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2397.2009.00686.x
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    1. Jan Jonsson & Mood, C. & Bihagen, E., 2013. "GINI DP 60: Income Inequality and Poverty during Economic Recession and Growth: Sweden 1991-2007," GINI Discussion Papers 60, AIAS, Amsterdam Institute for Advanced Labour Studies.
    2. Sarah Carpentier & Karel Neels & Karel Van den Bosch, 2017. "Do First- and Second-Generation Migrants Stay Longer in Social Assistance Than Natives in Belgium?," Journal of International Migration and Integration, Springer, vol. 18(4), pages 1167-1190, November.
    3. Jan O. Jonsson & Carina Mood & Erik Bihagen, 2016. "Poverty trends during two recessions and two recoveries: lessons from Sweden 1991–2013," IZA Journal of European Labor Studies, Springer;Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit GmbH (IZA), vol. 5(1), pages 1-20, December.

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