出版社：European Commission Directorate-General for Economic and Financial Affairs
摘要：Denmark is facing the challenge of an ageing population and the consequences of
increasing immigration. The Danish universal welfare state, which includes a rather
compressed wage structure and high welfare benefits, requires a broad tax base
and a relatively low dependency ratio to be sustainable. However, the immigrant
population is relatively low-skilled as a result of the migration policies in place and
the fact that immigrants are attracted more by existing networks than by welfaremagnet
effects. Immigrants therefore tend to be difficult to integrate in the labour
market, making them more welfare-dependent than natives. Denmark’s policy focus
is consequently on raising the labour market participation of immigrants in order to
help meet Denmark’s long-term fiscal challenges.
