Stereotypes and the narratives that accompany them are often hard to dispel. But Martin Kahanec, associate professor in CEU's Department of Public Policy, is using statistical analysis to quell the widely held belief that immigrants move to countries that offer liberal welfare benefits in order to abuse social systems. Kahanec and three colleagues from the Institute for the Study of Labor analyzed data from 1993 to 2008 from 19 EU countries including reports on migration flows, gross domestic product, unemployment, and expenditures on unemployment benefits.
