A historical perspective on immigration and social protection in the Netherlands

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  • INSTITUTE:
    UNU-MERIT
    PUBLISHER:
    Boekenplan
    SERIES:
    UNU-MERIT Working paper
    TITLE:
    A historical perspective on immigration and social protection in the Netherlands
    AUTHORS:
    by Melissa Siegel and Chris de Neubourg
    PUB DATE:
    2013•12•20
    COPYRIGHT YEAR:
    2011

    Immigrant access to social protection in the Netherlands has changed quite markedly over time. This paper discusses the changes from an historical perspective and introduces a theoretical framework (the Welfare Pentagon) explaining how immigrants cope with (economic) hardship when they do not have access to formal social protection. The relationship between migrants and social protection in the Netherlands has been and still is marked by asymmetries in entitlements and contributions (taxes). Shifting notions of fairness throughout time to both documented and undocumented migrants are noticed and interpreted.

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