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Title: 2014 Welfare Use by Immigrants vs. Natives in the United States

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Publication Year: 2016

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Abstract: Welfare use by immigrants has been a political issue since the inception of the United States. The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 was intended to cut immigrant welfare use. Since 1996, various studies have found conflicting evidence of the 1996 welfare reforms effectiveness when comparing immigrant welfare use to native use. This paper analyzes the individual use of Medicaid, a proxy for welfare, in 2014, by immigrants versus natives in the United States. The study, using a logit model, shows that in 2014 the probability of participating in Medicaid was lower for immigrants than natives.

Url: http://business.uni.edu/web/pages/departments/PDFs/pabst.pdf

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Authors: Pabst, Jessica

Publisher: University of Northern Iowa

Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Migration and Immigration, Poverty and Welfare

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