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Immigration and the public transfer system. Some empirical evidence from Switzerland.
René Weber and Thomas Straubhaar.
1996, Review of World Economics. Springer.
Article, Web Article
English.
The paper deals with the distributional effects of immigration into Switzerland. The cross-section analysis for 1990 shows that the presence of resident foreigners has not put additional strain on the public purse. On the contrary, there was a favourable financial effect for the native population. The analysis reveals how important the age and qualification of the household head and the number of children in the household are. By including both monetary and real public transfer payments a compre-hensive account of the budget effects of immigration is given.
Ivan Ureta.
University of Lugano.
Researcher.
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