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In less developed countries the state does not extends its legality homogenously. A share of the population suffers its absence or its illegal presence. In this article we argue that such irregular state intervention has more negative consequences that previously thought. Individuals who suffer...
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We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our …—that, through trust, may affect attitudes toward citizenship, are not generating the same distinctive pattern of linkages emerging … citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical slave exports for an individual's ethnic group being associated with …
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Few studies investigate the links between high-performance work systems (HPWS) on public sector organizational performance and worker job attitudes. We fill this gap with analyses of these links using linked employer-employee surveys of workplaces in Britain in 2004 and 2011. We find robust...
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We empirically analyze the impact of immigration to the U.S. on the share of votes to the Republicans and Democrats between 1994 and 2012. Our analysis is based on variation across states and years – using data from the Current Population Survey merged with election data – and addresses the...
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regard to the regulation of legal status, rights, opportunities, and acquisition of citizenship. We give examples of the … incorporation but also similarities to the regulation of access to residence, rights, and citizenship. We highlight changes in this …, and, finally, we address the expected effects on wider integration of citizenship acquisition. …
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a more liberal access to citizenship can improve the economic integration of immigrants. Our analysis relies on two …, we exploit discontinuities in the reforms' eligibility rules. Between 1991 and 1999, adolescents could obtain citizenship … performance. Based on the eligibility rules, we find few returns of citizenship for men, but substantial returns for women …
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This paper explores the relationship of immigrant citizenship ascension and the effect on the naturalized citizen … for immigrant ascension to citizenship by entry class and human capital requirements for country specific examples. …
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The self-response rate is a key driver of the cost and quality of a census. The addition of a citizenship question to … the 2020 Census could affect the self-response rate. We predict the effect of the addition of a citizenship question on … self-response by comparing mail response rates in the 2010 Census, which did not have a citizenship question, and the 2010 …
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Naturalization may be a relevant policy instrument affecting immigrant integration in host-country labor markets. We study the effect of naturalization on labor market outcomes of immigrants in Germany. We apply recent survey data and exploit a reform of naturalization rules in an instrumental...
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Immigrants ascend to citizenship at differential rates in Canada. Why is this so? This paper investigates the economic … costs and benefits derived from citizenship to rationalize the differential rates of citizenship ascension. Canadian … earnings evidence confirms the sizable economic benefits of citizenship. A decomposition analysis attributes this benefit to …
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