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Naturalization Proclivities, Ethnicity and Integration

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Gataullina, Liliya - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

and ethnicity indicators exert on the probability to naturalize beyond the standard individual and human capital …

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Legal Status at Entry, Economic Performance, and Self-employment Proclivity: A Bi-national Study of Immigrants

Constant, Amelie; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

-stage structural probit model is employed that determines the willingness to work full-time (against part-time employment and not … working), and the choice between full-time paid work and self-employment. The choices are determined by the reservation wage … for full-time work, and the perceived earnings from working in paid-employment and as entrepreneur, among other factors …

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Citizenship in the United States: The Roles of Immigrant Characteristics and Country of Origin

Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

This study develops and estimates a model of the naturalization process in the US. The model is based on both the characteristics of immigrants and features of their countries of origin. The empirical analysis is based on the 2000 US Census. Both the characteristics of immigrants and the...

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The Effects of Naturalization on Immigrants’ Employment Probability (France, 1968–1999)

Fougère, Denis; Safi, Mirna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Naturalization is usually regarded as an important sign of civic and political integration amongst immigrants, but it can also be seen as a factor of their economic integration. The aim of this study is to analyze the naturalization phenomenon in France and examine its link with the...

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Labor Market Outcomes of Immigrants and Non-Citizens in the EU: An East-West Comparison

Kahanec, Martin; Zaiceva, Anzelika - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

roles depending on gender. We find some evidence that it is the Russian ethnic minority in Estonia and Latvia that drives …

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Political Economy of Immigration in Germany: Attitudes and Citizenship Aspirations

Kahanec, Martin; Tosun, Mehmet Serkan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

This paper examines resident foreigners’ interest in German citizenship. The study focuses on the roles played by attitudes towards foreigners, political interest of foreigners, intergenerational conflict between natives and foreigners and among foreigners themselves, and regional differences...

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Citizenship, Co-ethnic Populations and Employment Probabilities of Immigrants in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

Over the last decades, Sweden has liberalized its citizenship policy by reducing the required number of years of residency to five for foreign citizens and only two for Nordic citizens. Dual citizenship has been allowed since 2001. During the same period, immigration patterns by country of birth...

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Electoral Participation as a Measure of Social Inclusion for Natives, Immigrants and Descendants in Sweden

Bevelander, Pieter; Pendakur, Ravi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Three decades ago, Sweden extended municipal and county voting privileges to non-citizen residents arguing that it would increase political influence, interest and self-esteem among foreign citizens. Three decades later, electoral participation on the part of immigrants is perceived as being...

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From Aliens to Citizens: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants

Bevelander, Pieter; Spång, Mikael - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

This is a draft chapter for the Handbook on Economics of International Migration (Eds. B. R. Chiswick and P. W. Miller) and deals with the political incorporation of immigrants in host societies. Political incorporation is discussed with regard to the regulation of legal status, rights,...

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Minority and Immigrant Homeownership Experience: Evidence from the 2009 American Housing Survey

Mundra, Kusum - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Using data from the 2009 American Housing Survey and Hazard Model, this paper provides empirical evidence that the homeownership experience during the recent housing boom and housing bust was not homogenous across all groups in the U.S. The recent deterioration of underwriting practices and a...

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