Immigration and Public Assistance Participation : Dispelling the Myth of Dependency. IRP Discussion Papers. DP #777-85 / Marta Tienda and Leif Jensen.

This paper addresses the important but relatively understudied problem of immigrants' use of transfer payments. First it documents differentials in the propensity of natives and immigrants to receive public assistance income using 1980 census data. Descriptive tabulations revealed considerable diffe...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Tienda, Marta Jensen, Leif (Author)
Corporate Author:	Wisconsin Univ., Madison. Inst. for Research on Poverty
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : Distributed by ERIC Clearinghouse, 1985.
Subjects:	Asian Americans. Blacks. Economic Status. Government Role. Heads of Households. Hispanic Americans. Immigrants. Poverty. Socioeconomic Status. Welfare Recipients. Whites. Income Level Reports, Research. Numerical/Quantitative Data.
Genre:	Reports, Research. Numerical/Quantitative Data.
Physical Description:	64 pages
Format:	Microfilm Book

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