Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence: Quasi-Experimental Evidence

Autor/inn/en	Aslund, Olof; Fredriksson, Peter
Titel	Peer Effects in Welfare Dependence: Quasi-Experimental Evidence
Quelle	In: Journal of Human Resources, 44 (2009) 3, S.798-825 (28 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-166X
Schlagwörter	Refugees; Welfare Recipients; Peer Influence; Ethnic Groups; Welfare Services; Placement; Geographic Distribution; Public Policy; Foreign Countries; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Flüchtling; Sozialhilfeempfänger; Sozialhilfeempfängerin; Ethnie; Fürsorgeeinrichtung; Betriebspraktikum; Praktikum; Öffentliche Ordnung; Ausland; Schweden
Abstract	This paper examines peer effects in welfare use among refugees. We exploit a Swedish refugee placement policy, which generated exogenous variation in peer group composition. Our analysis distinguishes between the quantity of contacts--the number of individuals of the same ethnicity--and the quality of contacts--welfare use among members of the ethnic group. Long-term welfare dependence increases if the individual is placed in a welfare dependent community. The number of contacts is either irrelevant or negatively related to welfare receipt; not controlling for residential self-selection yields the opposite conclusion. The results are very similar across household types and in different parts of the predicted earnings distribution. (Contains 7 tables, 1 figure and 29 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10