CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Pölöskei, Péter |
|---|---|
| Title | Migrant welfare use in the EU15 before and after the financial crisis - what can change tell us? |
| Summary | In my thesis I analyze changes in migrant welfare use between 2005 and 2013. I use the European Union Statistics on Income and Living Condition database for these two years, to analyze individual level data with probit estimation models to get a better picture of how having a migrant background affected relative benefit receipt before and after the financial and euro crises. After establishing, that by comparing simple background statistics and actual welfare use, conclusions are few and far, I move on to the mentioned probit estimations. My results show, that differences are especially persistent in the case of disability – where migrants’ use is significantly lower – and housing and social exclusion related benefits – where migrants’ use is significantly higher. Analyzing the larger picture arising from estimations, I conclude that these areas and the policy changes in Spain are the sub-fields, where future research might be especially useful in understanding how differences arise and persist. |
| Supervisor | Rátfai Attila |
| Department | Economics MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/poloskei_peter.pdf |
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