Maybe some of you are interested in the following paper. Cheers, I.
Journal of Population Economics
Issue: Volume 17, Number 3
Pages: 553 - 581
Immigrants in the UK and in West Germany –Relative income position, income
portfolio, and redistribution effects
Felix Büchel1 and Joachim R. Frick2
(1)
Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Technical University of Berlin
(Faculty of Economics), Free University of Berlin (Institute of Sociology),
Lentzeallee 94, D-14195 Berlin, IZA Bonn, Germany
(2)
DIW Berlin, IZA, Bonn, Koenigin-Luise-Str. 5, D-14195 Berlin, Germany
Abstract. Based on data from the BHPS and the SOEP, we analyse the
economic performance of various ethnic groups in the UK and West Germany,
as well as the effects of income redistribution on these populations.
Taking the indigenous population of each country as the reference category,
we find that, as a whole, the non-indigenous population in the UK fares
much better than the immigrant population in Germany. However, the range of
economic performance across different ethnic groups in the UK is much
larger than that in Germany. The German corporatist welfare system is
characterised by much stronger redistribution effects than the liberal UK
one. Consequently, the relatively low-performing immigrant population in
Germany profits more from the redistribution system than immigrants with
similar socio-economic attributes in the UK.
Key words Immigration - migration policy - income redistribution
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