If new forms of social services, adapted to the needs of older migrants, were developed, presumably they would use them.
Second, what are the stratifying effects of social policies for migrants and ethnic minorities?
Conversely, there is greater utilisation of social assistance by migrants, and means-tested benefits form a larger component in their income packages compared with citizens.
In fact, elderly migrants appear to be much more vulnerable to poverty than elderly citizens in several countries.
His elegant narrative is often accompanied by interesting anecdotes or folk tunes inspired by the various facets of the migrants' lives.
In small-scale, egalitarian societies migrants played a similar role.
The important question here is whether dissimilar social policy constructions account for the differences in migrants' ability to enjoy a socially acceptable standard of living.
Also, all potential effects of fertility differentials between migrants and members of the incumbent population become immaterial.
