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The New Immigration - Implications for Poverty and Public Assistance Utilization (Hardcover)
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The New Immigration - Implications for Poverty and Public Assistance Utilization (Hardcover)
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Lofty sentiments notwithstanding, the United States has
consistently sought to exclude impoverished immigrants from
entering the country on the grounds that many become dependent on
social welfare institutions. Leif Jensen thoroughly explores the
nature of poverty and public assistance utilization among
immigrants to the United States during the years 1960 to 1980.
Among the questions he explores are: Has there been an increase in
the level of poverty and the degree of public assistance utilized
by immigrants to the United States during the past twenty years?
How do these levels compare to those for native-born Americans and
across key racial and ethnic groups? How do individual and family
characteristics affect the propensity of families to be poor or to
receive public assistance? Following an introduction to the study
as a whole, Jensen presents theoretical issues that bear on
differences in poverty and welfare use. He reviews U.S. immigration
history with particular emphasis on those aspects that are relevant
to poverty and the receipt of public assistance. The chapters that
follow review methodological issues, then present the results of
Jensen's empirical analysis; two chapters focus on poverty at the
family level and two consider public assistance utilization. These
chapters build a conceptual background for a multivariate model of
poverty at the family level. Because the mere propensity to receive
public assistance is only one aspect of the welfare burden imposed
by a particular group, the author also examines the absolute amount
of public assistance received. Finally, he synthesizes the key
findings of his empirical analysis, drawing conclusions regarding
the pervasiveness of poverty and actual public assistance receipt
among new immigrants. Jensen's thorough analysis and provocative
conclusions make this book essential reading for those interested
in sociology, demography, economics, and political science.
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