Migrants' Attitudes and the Welfare State The Danish Melting Pot

• Main Author: Breidahl, Karen N. (auth)
• Other Authors: Hedegaard, Troels F. (auth), Kongshøj, Kristian (auth), Larsen, Christian A. (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2021
• Subjects: JKSB; Migration; Assimilation; Welfare attitudes; Welfare state
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Analysing two major surveys of 14 different migrant groups connected to Danish register data, this insightful book explores what migrants think of the welfare state. It investigates the question of whether migrants assimilate to the ideas of extensive state intervention in markets and families or if...