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Spring 2004

ISSN 0890-913X

Volume 19, Number 2

Categories: Spring 2004 | Demography

Welfare : A Magnet for Migration or Not?

Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University

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JournalofPrivateEnterpriseM.B.A.AdamsMediaCorporation.Welfare:AMagnetforMigrationorNot?KenSchoollandHawaiiPacificUniversityPeopleholdcontrastingopinionsofimmigrants.SomepeopleareconcernedthatimmigrantswillcometoAmericatotakeadvantageofgenerouswelfarebenefits.Othersmoresympathetictoimmigrantsseethemasenergeticpeoplewhoarelikelytoworkhard,toopentheirownbusinesses,andtoremainindependentofpublicsupport.Isitcorrecttosupposethatthereisanassociationofinmigrationandthegenerosityofwelfare?Ifpeoplemoveinordertoqualifyforgenerouswelfarebenefits,thenonemightexpecttoseemigrationpatternsofnativeandforeignbornpeopleinAmericamovingintostateswithhighwelfarebenefitsandwayfromstateswithlowwelfarebenefits.Evidencepresentedheredoesnotsupportthisconclusion.Itwouldappearthatthecorrelationofin-migrationandgenerouswelfarebenefitsisnegativeratherthanpositive.Highwelfarecorrelateswithout-migrationTakeHawaii,forexample.AccordingtoMichaelTannerandStephenMooreoftheCATOInstitute(Moore),thesixbasicwelfarebenefitsinHawaii(6amongapossible77welfareprograms)couldhaveprovidedamotherandtwochildrenwiththeequivalentofapre-taxincomeof$36,000orawageof$17.50anhour,thehighestbenefitsinthenation.This,however,isnotassociatedwithnetdomesticin-migrationtoHawaii.AccordingtorecentdatafromtheU.S.CensusBureauforthedecadeofthe1990's,Hawaiiexperiencednetdomesticout-migrationtootherstatesofboththenativebornandtheforeignbornpopulation.

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Title	Welfare : A Magnet for Migration or Not?
Authors/Creators:	Ken Schoolland, Hawaii Pacific University
Year:	2004
Volume:	19
Number:	2
Pages:	104 - 107
Publisher:	The Association of Private Enterprise Education
ISSN:	0890-913X
Document Type:	Articles
Keywords:	Migration, Economic development, Social security, Entrepreneurship, Demographic pressures

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Schoolland, Ken / 2004. "Welfare : A Magnet for Migration or Not?." The Journal of Private Enterprise, 19(2): 104-107.