Chapter 2: Economics or politics? Assessing immigration as a challenge to the welfare state

• Váldodahkki: Eger, Maureen A. (auth)
• Materiálatiipa: Elektrovnnalaš Girjji oassi
• Giella: eaŋgalasgiella
• Almmustuhtton: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2022
• Fáttát: JKS; immigration; fiscal burden; welfare magnet; welfare state; politics; progressive's dilemma
• Liŋkkat: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter assesses the extent to which immigration poses a challenge to the welfare state. To do this, I synthesize previous scholarship from economics, political science, and sociology to evaluate the economic and political implications of immigration for welfare states. Contrary to the fiscal b...