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Maskileyson, Dina, Semyonov, Moshe ORCID: 0000-0001-8794-6322 and Davidov, Eldad (2019). In Search of the Healthy Immigrant Effect in Four West European Countries. Soc. Incl., 7 (4). S. 304 - 320. LISBON: COGITATIO PRESS. ISSN 2183-2803

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Abstract

The present research examines whether the 'healthy immigrant effect' thesis observed in the American context prevails also in the West European context. According to this thesis, immigrants are likely to be healthier than comparable native-born. Data for the analysis are obtained from the Generations and Gender Survey for the following countries: Austria, France, Germany, and the Netherlands. Ordered logit regression models are estimated to compare the health of immigrants with the native-born population. The findings reveal that in all countries, immigrants tend to report poorer health than comparable third generation native-born Europeans, and that health disparities between second and third generation are smaller than health disparities between first-generation members and native-born regardless of second- or third-generation membership. The findings in the West-European countries do not lend support to the healthy immigrant effect. We attribute the differences between the United States and the West European countries to differential selection processes and differences in healthcare policies.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Maskileyson, Dina UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Semyonov, Moshe UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-8794-6322 UNSPECIFIED Davidov, Eldad UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-159816
DOI:	10.17645/si.v7i4.2330
Journal or Publication Title:	Soc. Incl.
Volume:	7
Number:	4
Page Range:	S. 304 - 320
Date:	2019
Publisher:	COGITATIO PRESS
Place of Publication:	LISBON
ISSN:	2183-2803
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language UNITED-STATES; SALMON BIAS; GENERATIONAL-DIFFERENCES; FOREIGN-BORN; MORTALITY; MIGRANT; POPULATION; MIGRATION; SELECTION; ADULTS Multiple languages Social Issues; Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/15981