"Migration, participation, and citizenship are central political and social concerns in democratic societies and beyond …

In this paper, we examine whether acquiring citizenship improves the economic assimilation of Canadian migrants. We … took advantage of a natural experiment made possible through changes in the Canadian Citizenship Act of 2014, which … extended the physical presence requirement for citizenship from three to four years. Using quasi-experimental methods, we found …

We investigate the origin, impact and evolution of citizenship laws. Citizenship laws originate from the common and … of citizenship laws is determined by legal tradition and international migration, but also by border stability, the …

of citizenship acquisition: by birth on the territory (jus soli) or birth to a citizen parent (jus sanguinis). The jus … ineligible for a nation’s citizenship according to traditional principles - despite sharing in its society and economy - remain …

The institution of citizenship has undergone far-reaching factual and normative changes. In two recent studies …, Christian Joppke and Ayelet Shachar address complex and pressing problems underlying modern citizenship theory. Joppke and … Shachar begin from different premises regarding immigration and citizenship. Joppke takes for granted the existing regime of …

immigration and citizenship regimes. In the first, immigrants stay permanently in the country and citizenship is obtained by … birthplace (jus soli). In the second regime immigration is also permanent but citizenship is passed only by bloodline (jus …