exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental variable estimation. In our sample of recent immigrants, linear …

́earnings or their decision to become self-employed; however in this paper we analyze the less studied effect on occupational …

discriminate better between the decision and mobilisation hypotheses of electoral participation. First, theoretical considerations … the mobilisation but do not support the decision hypothesis. They are, however, also only partly compatible with the …

explain the otherwise puzzling findings from a reform which granted automatic birthright citizenship to eligible immigrant … the months before versus after the reform, we find that birthright citizenship lowers measures of life satisfaction and … salient. Birthright citizenship results in disillusionment where immigrant Muslim girls believe their chances of achieving …

liberal access to citizenship improves the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two major immigration … the reforms'eligibility rules. We find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women. Returns are …, liberalization of citizenship provides some economic benefits but is unlikely to result in full integration of immigrants in the host …

This paper employs the methodology of constitutional political economy to examine the definition of citizenship, and … the delineation of the rights that accompany citizenship. The concepts developed are then applied to the question of how … rights and citizenship should be defined in the European Union. The answer to this question is shown to depend on whether the …