Migrants' support for welfare state spending in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands.

Autor/inn/en	Lubbers, Marcel; Diehl, Claudia; Kuhn, Theresa; Larsen, Christian Albrekt
Titel	Migrants' support for welfare state spending in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Die Befürwortung von öffentlichen Sozialausgaben durch Migranten in Dänemark, Deutschland und den Niederlanden.
Quelle	In: Social policy & administration, 52 (2018) 4, S. 895-913 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-5596; 1467-9515
DOI	10.1111/spol.12404
Schlagwörter	Ideologie; Inländer; Politische Einstellung; Sozialausgaben; Sozialpolitik; Sozioökonomischer Faktor; Öffentliche Ausgaben; Qualifikation; Internationaler Vergleich; Deutschland; Dänemark; Niederlande
Abstract	"This contribution describes differences between 10 migrant groups and natives in their attitudes towards government spending in three residence countries: Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. Previous research provided evidence that 'migrants' as a catch-all category of people from different origins are in favor of more government spending on social welfare. We study to what extent support for government spending can be explained by self-interest explanations of welfare state attitudes as well as by differences in ideological position. The contribution employs data from the Migrants' Welfare State Attitudes project, including migrant groups from similar origins in Denmark, Germany, and the Netherlands. The study moves beyond the larger migrant groups of Turks and Poles that received attention in previous research as well, and includes a greater variety of groups that differ in terms of their skill levels. The overall finding is that migrants' welfare state spending preferences are, as in the case of natives, significantly related to socio-demographic differences and standard ideology measures of attitudes to regulation of the economy and family values. However, even with these standard variables included, spending preferences differ strongly between migrant groups, residence countries, and welfare spending domain. A comparison between country of origin and residence country provisions seems to be a promising path for further understanding migrant group differences in welfare state spending attitudes. The study challenges the idea that all migrants are supportive of extended welfare state arrangements." (Author's abstract, Published by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2018/4