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Nativity Differentials in Public Assistance Receipt: A Research Note *
Author(s) -
Jensen Leif,
Tienda Marta
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
sociological inquiry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.446
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1475-682X
pISSN - 0038-0245
DOI - 10.1111/j.1475-682x.1988.tb01064.x
Subject(s) - receipt , tobit model , immigration , welfare , demographic economics , census , payment , public assistance , ordinary least squares , public welfare , economics , geography , sociology , demography , econometrics , public economics , population , market economy , accounting , archaeology , finance
The rise in the number of immigrants since 1960 and in the higher shares from less developed countries has raised concerns that immigrants use welfare benefits more than natives. Using both descriptive tabulations, OLS regression and Tobit regression methods, we analyze immigrant‐native differentials in public assistance receipt based on 1980 U.S. Census data. The results of the OLS models show that immigrants received neither more nor less welfare income in 1979 than did otherwise comparable natives. Tobit models reveal that black and Hispanic immigrant families received lower welfare payments than their native counterparts.