In winter 2025, Associate Professor Sara Niedzwiecki published “Immigrants’ Barriers to Accessing Social Policy in Argentina and Chile” in International Migration Review. This article systematically maps differences in the hurdles that immigrants face in accessing basic income and healthcare from 1990 to the present.
Through 80 in-depth interviews in Buenos Aires and Santiago, it argues that these barriers depend on political elites’ views—as policies are expanded, policymakers will lower access barriers for universal policies. At the same time, they will raise more hurdles for targeted policies.