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100			_aAgersnap, O., Jensen, A. and Kleven, H. _927363
245			_aThe welfare magnet hypothesis: Evidence from an immigrant welfare scheme in Denmark
260			_aThe American Economic Review: Insights
300			_a2(4), Dec, 2020: p.527-742
520			_aWe study the effects of welfare generosity on international migration using reforms of immigrant welfare benefits in Denmark. The first reform, implemented in 2002, lowered benefits for non-EU immigrants by about 50 percent, with no changes for natives or EU immigrants. The policy was later repealed and reintroduced. Based on a quasi-experimental research design, we find sizable effects: the benefit reduction reduced the net flow of immigrants by about 5,000 people per year, and the subsequent repeal of the policy reversed the effect almost exactly. The implied elasticity of migration with respect to benefits equals 1.3. This represents some of the first causal evidence on the welfare magnet hypothesis. – Reproduced
650			_aWelfare, Well-Being, and Poverty: Government Programs; Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs J15 Economics of Minorities, Races, Indigenous Peoples, and Immigrants; Non-labor Discrimination _927364
773			_aThe American Economic Review: Insights
906			_aMIGRATION
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