. The gains from citizenship are particularly apparent among immigrants from poorer countries. A key policy question is …

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. …

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 …

We analyze the relationship between natives' attitudes towards citizenship acquisition for foreigners and trust. Our … citizenship, with more intense exposure to historical slave exports for an individual's ethnic group being associated with … contemporary distrust for strangers, and in turn opposition to citizenship laws that favor the inclusion of foreigners. We find …

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. …

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 …