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Spies, Dennis and Schmidt-Catran, Alexander (2016). Migration, migrant integration and support for social spending: The case of Switzerland. J. Eur. Soc. Policy, 26 (1). S. 32 - 48. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1461-7269

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Abstract

An extensive body of scholarship has claimed that the relationship between migration and the welfare state is a potentially troublesome one, because the native population might be concerned about the fiscal, economic and cultural threats this poses. At the same time, studies have argued that migrants differ', not only in their actual numbers but also in their similarities or differences compared with the native population. Taking these differences into account, we analyse the effect of the integration of migrants for natives' support for welfare. In detail, we test for the possibility that the integration of migrants might have a direct impact on the economic and cultural difficulties which natives associate with migration and in this way will have an indirect effect on their support for social spending. Our results show that the objective integration of migrants has only limited relevance for the relationship between migration and welfare support and point to the need to focus on subjectively perceived migration- and integration-related attitudes of natives.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Spies, Dennis UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schmidt-Catran, Alexander UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-285644
DOI:	10.1177/0958928715612170
Journal or Publication Title:	J. Eur. Soc. Policy
Volume:	26
Number:	1
Page Range:	S. 32 - 48
Date:	2016
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1461-7269
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language PERCEIVED ETHNIC THREAT; EUROPEAN WELFARE STATES; PUBLIC SUPPORT; IMMIGRATION; REDISTRIBUTION; PREFERENCES; DESERVINGNESS; SOLIDARITY; ATTITUDES; CITIZENS Multiple languages Public Administration; Social Issues Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/28564