CIS Exaggerates the Cost of Immigrant Welfare Use

Conclusion When they use appropriate controls in the later parts of their paper and their appendix, CIS reaches much less negative and sometimes even positive results than their messaging indicates. Many of the issues raised in this post may be too wonky for general consumption, but they are important for producing excellent research. Cato has published two working papers, a bulletin, a policy analysis, and a book chapter on immigrant welfare use and the broader fiscal effects in which we explain our methods and defend them against criticisms.  We even include a literature survey on the topic that discusses the different results from the National Research Council.  I invite anybody more interested in these issues to read them.       Special thanks to Charles Hughes for his excellent comments and suggestions on an earlier draft of this blog post.
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