title: International migration and falling into the income 'safety net': social assistance among foreign citizens in Sweden.
abstract: The author focuses on public assistance payments to international immigrants in Sweden.  "One object of the article is to give a statistical overview of the subject; another is to discuss reasons why international migrants receive social assistance more frequently than others.  The latter leads to the formulation of econometric models and the estimation for immigrants with different backgrounds."  It is found that "the number of immigrants receiving social assistance has increased since the mid-1960s.  We also found that immigrants are considerably more frequent recipients of social assistance than others...." (SUMMARY IN FRE AND SPA)
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authors.lastname: Gustafsson
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography; D019049:Developed Countries; D004467:Economics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005060:Europe; D005376:Financial Management; D005380:Financing, Government; D005843:Geography; D006078:Government Programs; D018803:Models, Economic; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009934:Organization and Administration; D011153:Population; D011154:Population Characteristics; D011157:Population Dynamics; D011632:Public Assistance; D012106:Research; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D012537:Scandinavian and Nordic Countries; D013548:Sweden; D014171:Transients and Migrants
keywords: Demographic Factors; Developed Countries; Economic Factors; Economic Model; Europe; Financial Activities; Financing, Government; Geographic Factors; Government Sponsored Programs; International Migration; Migrants; Migration; Models, Theoretical; Northern Europe; Organization And Administration; Place Of Birth; Population; Population Characteristics; Population Dynamics; Programs; Public Assistance; Research Methodology; Scandinavia; Sweden