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 …

Does granting birthright citizenship help immigrant children integrating in the host country's educational system? We …, 2000 with birthright citizenship. We use a difference-in-difference design that compares children born shortly before and …'s educational participation, both in non-mandatory preschool and upper secondary school. In addition, birthright citizenship …

Does birthright citizenship boost immigrant children's educational participation and success? We address this question … citizenship. We isolate the impact of birthright citizenship by comparing children born shortly before and shortly after the …