This first open access book in a series of three volumes provides an in-depth analysis of social protection policies that EU Member States make accessible to resident nationals, non-resident nationals and non-national residents. In doing so, it discusses different scenarios in which the interplay between nationality and residence could lead to inequalities of access to welfare. Each chapter maps the eligibility conditions for accessing social benefits, by paying particular attention to the social entitlements that migrants can claim in host countries and/or export from home countries. The book also identifies and compares recent trends of access to welfare entitlements across five policy areas: health care, unemployment, family benefits, pensions, and guaranteed minimum resources. As such this book is a valuable read to researchers, policy makers, government employees and NGO's.

This open access book provides a comprehensive perspective on the inclusiveness of welfare states towards individuals in situation of international mobility Compares EU policies and programmes in the areas of health care, unemployment, old-age pensions, family-related benefits, and guaranteed minimum resources Highlights cross-country differences in the treatment of individuals with different mobility statuses

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Dr Jean-Michel Lafleur is Research Professor at the University of Liège and Research Associate at the Belgian Fund for Scientific Research (FRS-FNRS). He is also Associate Director of the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM). His research interests lie particularly in the areas of transnationalism, EU mobility and social protection. In 2015, he was awarded a Starting Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) for a project entitled "Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post)Crisis Europe" (MiTSoPro) upon which this volume is based.

Dr Daniela Vintila is a postdoctoral researcher in the European Research Council (ERC) project "Migration and Transnational Social Protection in (Post)Crisis Europe" at the Centre for Ethnic and Migration Studies (CEDEM) of the University of Liège. She holds a PhD in Political Science from Universidad Autónoma de Madrid. Her research interests lie particularly in the areas of comparative politics, citizenship, EU studies, and international migration. Currently, she is chair of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) Standing Group Migration and Ethnicity, co-convenor of the IMISCOE Standing Committee Migration, Citizenship and Political Participation and vice-chair of the International Political Science Association (IPSA) Research Committee on European Unification.

Inhalt

1. Migration and Access to Welfare Benefits in the EU: The Interplay between Residence and Nationality: Daniela Vintila, Jean-Michel Lafleur.- 2. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Austria: Monika Riedel, Andreas Chmielowki.- 3. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Belgium: Pauline Melin.- 4. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Bulgaria: Zvezda Vankova, Dragomir Kolev Draganov.- 5. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Croatia: Helga padina.- 6. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Cyprus: Christos Koutsampelas.- 7. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in the Czech Republic: Kristina Koldinská.- 8. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Denmark: Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen.- 9. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Estonia: Mare Ainsaar, Ave Roots.- 10. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Finland: Laura Kalliomaa-Puha.- 11. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in France: Lola Isidro, Antoine Math.- 12. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Germany: Reinhold Schnabel.- 13. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Greece: Fotini Marini.- 14. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Hungary: Gábor Juhász.- 15. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Ireland: Mel Cousins.- 16. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Italy: William Chiaromonte.- 17. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Latvia: Anhelita Kamenska, Jekaterina Tumule.- 18. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Lithuania: Romas Lazutka, Jekaterina Navicke.- 19. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Luxembourg: Nicole Kerschen.- 20. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Malta: Sue Vella.- 21. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in the Netherlands: Frans Pennings.- 22. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Poland: Agnieszka Cho-Domiczak.- 23. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Portugal: Nazaré da Costa Cabral.- 24. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Romania: Irina Burlacu, Sorina Soare, Daniela Vintila.- 25. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in the Slovak Republic: Jaroslav Ková.- 26. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Slovenia: Grega Strban, Luka Mii.- 27. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Spain: Francisco Javier Moreno-Fuentes.- 28. Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Sweden: Anton Ahlén, Joakim Palme.