Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/295596 
Year of Publication: 
2019
Series/Report no.: 
CReAM Discussion Paper Series No. 05/19
Publisher: 
Centre for Research & Analysis of Migration (CReAM), Department of Economics, University College London, London
Abstract: 
Denmark's Start Aid welfare reform reduced benefits to refugee immigrants by around 50 percent for those granted residency after the reform date. The reform led to a sharp short run increase in labor earnings and employment, but it also induced a strong female labor force withdrawal, and a large and persistent drop in disposable income for most households. Furthermore, the reform caused a sharp increase in property crime among both females and males. Moreover, children's likelihood of being enrolled in childcare or preschool, their performance in language tests, and their years of education all decreased, while teenagers' crime rates increased.
Subjects: 
Social assistance
welfare state
labor market outcomes
migration
JEL: 
E64
I30
J60
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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