I meant Chris Blattman, oops! Money quote from the link: Here is Verwimp: Belgium has a very elaborate welfare state. All citizens have health coverage, schoo

I meant Chris Blattman, oops! Money quote from the link: Here is Verwimp: Belgium has a very elaborate welfare state. All citizens have health coverage, schools and universities charge no or few fees, child benefits, unemployment benefits, pensions, are all in place. But this comes at a cost of a closed labour market, meaning a labour system that heavily protects those who are in, but makes entry for newcomers very difficult. It does not seem to be poverty, but exclusion. Philip wrote to me: One of my students from African origin, graduating from our MA program, told me (before the Paris attacks) « it is easier to get unemployment benefits in Belgium than to get a job ». He decided to move to Canada. That summarises it. Migrants and their families have full access to the allocations of the welfare state, but face daunting challenges when they want to get ahead in life. …I am not looking at individual factors to join IS, as young adults across European cities many share similar reasons, but for ‘structural’ factors that make the situation different in some countries compared to others. Here's the link I saw the other day: https://chrisblattman.com/2015/12/01/this-graph-says-the-welfare-state-is-to-blame-for-belgian-isis-recruitment/ https://chrisblattman.com/2015/12/01/this-graph-says-the-wel...